消波

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	波
しょう Grade: 3	は Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 消 (shō, “extinguishing, cancelling, erasing”) +‎ 波 (ha, “wave”).

First cited to a text from 1973.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーは [shóꜜòhà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːha̠]

Noun

消(しょう)波(は) • (shōha) ^{←せうは (seufa)^?}

[1973] wave-cancelling

Usage notes

Generally only found in compounds.

Derived terms

消(しょう)波(は)装(そう)置(ち) (shōha sōchi, “wave absorber, wave dissipation device”)
消(しょう)波(は)提(てい) (shōhatei, “breakwater, a dyke built to reduce waves”)
消(しょう)波(は)ブロック (shōha burokku, “a breakwater tetrapod”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN