乱層雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乱	層	雲
らん Grade: 6	そう Grade: 6	うん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
亂層雲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 乱 (ran, “disturbance”) +‎ 層雲 (sōun, “stratus”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らんそーうん [ràńsóꜜòùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɰ̃so̞ːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

乱(らん)層(そう)雲(うん) • (ransōun)

nimbostratus
Synonym: 雨雲 (amagumo)

See also

積(せき)乱(らん)雲(うん) (sekiran'un)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN