Illustration: Along a residential street in northern Japan, a bundled adult struggles toward a recessed apartment entrance through violently wind-driven snow. Their body leans into the gust, and a scarf streams almost horizontally behind them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

吹雪ふぶき

fubuki

blizzard, snowstorm

Example sentences

  1. 吹雪ふぶきはまる一週間荒いちしゅうかんあれ狂くるった。

    The snowstorm raged for a full week.

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  2. 吹雪ふぶきが続つづいた。

    The snowstorm held on.

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  3. 吹雪ふぶきのため電車でんしゃが遅おくれた。

    The train arrived late because of the snowstorm.

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Kanji in 吹雪

  • 吹blow; breatheOnスイKunふく
  • 雪snowOnセツKunゆき

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