ゆき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
雪

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⟨yuki₁⟩ → */jukʲi/ → /juki/

From Old Japanese.^[1] Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.^[2]

Also found once in the Man'yōshū in a so-called 東歌 (Azuma uta, literally “eastern song”) in the eastern dialect of Old Japanese, realized as ⟨yo₂ki₁⟩.^[3]

Reconstructed by some as deriving from Proto-Japonic *yoki.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆき [yùkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi]

• Audio:

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Noun

ゆき • (yuki) 

1. snow

   Synonym: 玉塵 (gyokujin)

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, pages 27-28:
     ^[5]

     雪 [...] 和名由岐、日本紀私記云、泡雪阿和由岐、其弱如水沫故云沫雪也

     Snow (in Japanese "yuki"), [attested in] the Nihon Shoki Shiki as awayuki (light snowfall), said to be weak as foamy water

2. something white as snow
3. white hair
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 8)

     春(はる)の日(ひ)の光(ひかり)にあたる我(われ)なれどかしらの雪(ゆき)となるぞわびしき

     haru no hi no hikari ni ataru ware naredo kashira no yuki to naru zo wabishiki

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. shaved ice

   Synonym: かき氷 (kakigōri)

5. small pieces of paper used to imitate snow
6. (archaic women's speech) a turnip or daikon
7. (archaic women's speech) Abbreviation of 鱈 (tara): a codfish

   Synonym: 雪の下 (yukinoshita)

8. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of snowflakes
9. Short for 八朔の雪 (hassaku no yuki): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 雪(ゆき)男(おとこ) (yuki otoko, “yeti”)
• 雪(ゆき)女(おんな) (yuki onna, “snow woman, snow fairy”)
• 雪(ゆき)国(ぐに) (yukiguni, “snow country”)
• 雪(ゆき)解(げ), 雪(ゆき)消(げ) (yukige)
• 雪(ゆき)空(ぞら) (yukizora)
• 雪(ゆき)の下(した) (yukinoshita)
• 雪(ゆき)輪(わ) (yukiwa)
• 淡(あわ)雪(ゆき) (awayuki)
• 泡(あわ)雪(ゆき), 沫(あわ)雪(ゆき) (awayuki)
• 大(おお)雪(ゆき) (ōyuki)
• 小(こ)雪(ゆき) (koyuki)
• 粉(こ)雪(ゆき) (koyuki)
• 粉(こな)雪(ゆき) (konayuki)
• 細(ささめ)雪(ゆき) (sasameyuki)
• 白(しら)雪(ゆき) (shirayuki)
• 月(つき)雪(ゆき)花(はな) (tsuki yuki hana)
• 根(ね)雪(ゆき) (neyuki)
• 初(はつ)雪(ゆき) (hatsuyuki, “first snow”)

Idioms

• 雪(ゆき)と墨(すみ) (yuki to sumi)
• 雪(ゆき)を欺(あざむ)く (yuki o azamuku)
• 雪(ゆき)をいただく (yuki o itadaku)
• 雪(ゆき)を回(めぐ)らす (yuki o megurasu)

Proverbs

• 雪(ゆき)に白(しら)鷺(さぎ) (yuki ni shirasagi)
• 雪(ゆき)は豊(ほう)年(ねん)の瑞(しるし) (yuki wa hōnen no shirushi)
• 雪(ゆき)やこんこん (yuki ya konkon)

See also

• 白(しろ)妙(たえ)の, 白(しろ)栲(たえ)の (shirotae no, pillow word that can allude to yuki)
• 久方(ひさかた)の (hisakata no, another pillow word that can allude to yuki)

Proper noun

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雪 (童謡)

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ゆき • (Yuki) 

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   雪(ゆき)やこんこ霰(あられ)やこんこ　降(ふ)っては降(ふ)ってはずんずん積(つも)る

   yuki ya konko arare ya konko futte wa futte wa zunzun tsumoru

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. a female given name

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
裄

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆき [yúꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• (Tokyo) ゆき [yùkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[4]
• (Tokyo) ゆき [yùkí] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

ゆき • (yuki) 

1. the length from the center line of the clothing to the arm opening of a kimono; the distance in a kimono from the back to the end of the sleeve; the distance in the seam of a kimono from the back to the end of the sleeve

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
悠紀 斎忌 由基

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

ゆき • (yuki) 

1. for 大嘗祭 (Daijōsai), the country chosen to offer grain and alcohol

Etymology 4

Alternative spellings
行き 往き 之き

Compare Korean 행 (行, haeng).

Alternative forms

• いき (iki)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆき [yùkí] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi]

Verb

ゆき • (yuki) 

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of ゆく (yuku) [ichidan]

Noun

ゆき • (yuki) 

1. going
2. outward journey

Antonyms

• 帰(かえ)り (kaeri)

Suffix

ゆき • (-yuki) 

1. (transport) bound for

   Antonym: 発 (-hatsu)

   この電車(でんしゃ)は奈良(なら)行(ゆ)きです。

   Kono densha wa Nara-yuki desu.

   This train is bound for Nara.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

ゆき • (Yuki) 

1. a female given name
2. 夕貴, 由姫: a surname

Usage notes

This given name is attested in a wide variety of kanji spellings. Some of them are listed below.

Kanji spellings of the given name ゆき

• 喜
• 亨
• 志
• 恭
• 教
• 敬
• 結葵
• 弓貴
• 央希
• 結喜
• 結希
• 結季
• 結紀
• 結貴
• 結宜
• 結樹
• 結城
• 右気
• 友紀
• 由貴
• 由希
• 由紀
• 佑姫
• 優姫
• 冬姫
• 佑貴
• 侑貴
• 優貴
• 友貴
• 夕貴
• 幸貴
• 友姫
• 唯姫
• 夕姫
• 夢姫
• 幸姫
• 悠姫
• 憂姫
• 有姫
• 柚姫
• 由姫
• 結姫
• 雪姫
• 雪希
• 雪季
• 雪紀
• 雪樹
• 雪妃
• 雪葵
• 維
• ゆ姫
• 郁紀

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 822:

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3. c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3423:

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4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.