冷害

Chinese
cold
 
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (冷害) 冷 害
simp. #(冷害) 冷 害

Pronunciation

Noun

冷害

  1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese
Kanji in this term
冷 害
れい
Grade: 4		 がい
Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gaiH, literally “cold + harm, injury”). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    冷(れい)害(がい) • (reigai) 

    1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

    See also
    • 山背(やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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