竜巻 | Japanese meaning

竜巻【たつまき】

Frequency rank: 8,109. – 8,119.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

tornado; waterspout

Forms

竜巻【たつまき】Frequency rank: 8,109. – 8,119.
竜巻き【たつまき】
たつまき

Generated definitions (experimental)

tornado; waterspout

This word refers to a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, commonly known as a tornado. It may also refer to a waterspout, which is a similar phenomenon that occurs over a body of water.

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Recently, the damage caused by a tornado has been reported in the news.

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A waterspout was seen over the ocean.

Generated collocations (experimental)

a tornado occurstornado warningdamage from a tornadoeye of the tornadopath of the tornadoa tornado developsto be caught in a tornadocenter of the tornadopower of the tornado

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

Wiktionary

Example sentences

2 results

1. 。

The tornado destroyed the whole village.

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2. 。

There was a tornado in the village.