降雪|こうせつkousetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsnowfall; snow
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 降雪する(こうせつする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 降雪します(こうせつします) |
| Negative (nai) | 降雪しない(こうせつしない) |
| polite (masen) | 降雪しません(こうせつしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 降雪せず・降雪せぬ(こうせつせず・こうせつせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 降雪した(こうせつした) |
| polite (mashita) | 降雪しました(こうせつしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 降雪しなかった(こうせつしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 降雪しませんでした(こうせつしませんでした) |
| Te form | 降雪して(こうせつして) |
| Potential | 降雪できる(こうせつできる) |
| Passive | 降雪される(こうせつされる) |
| Causative | 降雪させる(こうせつさせる) |
| Causative passive | 降雪させられる(こうせつさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 降雪すれば(こうせつすれば) |
| tara | 降雪したら(こうせつしたら) |
| Volitional | 降雪しよう(こうせつしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 降雪しましょう(こうせつしましょう) |
| Imperative | 降雪しろ(こうせつしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym雪ゆきNeutralThe basic, most widely used word: snow as such, as well as snowfall. Its range is the broadest, not limited to snow coming down or the snow that has come down.
- Synonym雪降りゆきふりCasualNative-Japanese and colloquial: snow coming down. 「降雪」 is the formal Sino-Japanese term favored in weather forecasts and traffic reports.
- Related雪が降るCasualThe everyday way to say it is snowing; a verb phrase, so unlike 「降雪」 it does not form noun compounds such as 「降雪量」.
- Antonym融雪ゆうせつWrittenWritten and formal: the melting of accumulated snow, as in 「融雪剤」; the opposite of 「降雪」, where snow comes down.
Use 「降雪」 for snowfall in weather or traffic reports, as in 「降雪予報」 and 「降雪量」. In daily speech say 「雪が降る」 or the colloquial 「雪降り」; 「雪」 covers snow generally, and 「融雪」 is its opposite, melting snow.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


