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snowball Meaning in Japanese (snowball 英語 意味)

noun雪玉
verb雪だるま式に増える
雪玉 in English:snowball
Phonetic:ゆきだま
Quick Answer • 要約

snowball の日本語の意味は「雪玉, 雪だるま式に増える」です。 (子供たちが遊びで投げるために作る、圧縮された雪の球。)

Definitions of Snowball

  1. 1
    noun
    雪玉

    A snowball is a ball of compacted snow, often made by children for throwing in play.

    子供たちが遊びで投げるために作る、圧縮された雪の球。

  2. 2
    verb
    雪だるま式に増える

    To snowball means to grow or increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance, often becoming difficult to control.

    規模、強度、または重要性が急速に増大し、しばしば制御が困難になること。

Example Sentences

casual

“The children had a snowball fight in the park.”

子供たちは公園で雪玉合戦をした。

general

“The small problem began to snowball into a major crisis.”

その小さな問題は雪だるま式に増えて、大きな危機になった。

Synonyms (類語)

In English:

escalatemountintensify

Antonyms (対義語)

Inflected Word Forms

past tensesnowballed
present participlesnowballing

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

snowball effectexpression

A situation in which one action or event causes many other similar actions or events, often increasing in importance or size.