砂さ塵じん嵐あらし

さ

じ

ん

あ

ら

し

Meanings

1

noun

dust storm; sand storm

A weather phenomenon where strong winds lift large amounts of dust or sand into the air, reducing visibility.

砂さ塵じん嵐あらしのため、視し界かいがほとんどなかった。
Visibility was almost zero because of the dust storm.
砂さ漠ばくでは砂さ塵じん嵐あらしがよく発はっ生

せい

する

。

Dust storms often occur in deserts.

Written forms

砂さ塵じん嵐あらし
Standard kanji spelling for 'dust storm' or 'sand storm'.
砂さじんあらし
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; じん replaces the less common kanji 塵.
砂さじん嵐あらし
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; じん replaces 塵, while 嵐 remains in kanji.

Kanji

砂sand
塵dust, trash, garbage
嵐storm, tempest

Similar words

砂すな嵐あらし
砂嵐 (すなあらし) is a more common word for 'sand storm', while 砂塵嵐 (さじんあらし) explicitly includes dust and is less frequent.
黄こう砂さ
黄砂 (こうさ) refers to yellow sand blown from deserts, often affecting East Asia, and is a specific type of dust phenomenon.

Etymology

Compound of 砂 (さ, 'sand'), 塵 (じん, 'dust'), and 嵐 (あらし, 'storm'). The reading じん for 塵 is the on'yomi, and あらし is the kun'yomi for 嵐, forming a mixed on-kun compound.