How to say "blizzard" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 吹雪ふぶきnounThe word for a blizzard as a weather event: heavy snow driven by strong wind. Typical contexts are forecasts, closed roads and trains, or being caught outside in a storm.
- 風雪ふうせつnounLiterally 'wind and snow'; it can describe a snowstorm but appears most naturally in descriptive writing, and figuratively for hardships endured over the years. For a storm happening now, 吹雪 is the word.
Use 吹雪 for a blizzard as an actual weather event; 風雪, literally 'wind and snow', fits descriptive writing and figurative talk of hardships endured rather than reporting a storm in progress.
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