No. 521 in Japanese
雪
Snow.
In a sentence
雪が降っています。
It is snowing.
The word '雪' (yuki) is used here to indicate snow as a weather condition.
山の頂上には雪が積もっています。
Snow is piled up at the top of the mountain.
Here, '雪' (yuki) refers to accumulated snow at a location.
雪のように白い花が咲いています。
Flowers as white as snow are blooming.
In this sentence, '雪' (yuki) is used metaphorically to describe whiteness.
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