雪女

Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) +‎ 女 (onna, “woman”).[1][2][3][4]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ゆきお​んな [yùkíóꜜǹnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][5][4]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkʲiõ̞nːa̠]

雪女 (hiragana ゆきおんな, rōmaji yuki onna, historical hiragana ゆきをんな)

1. yuki-onna, "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow
   • (Can we date this quote?) 岡本綺堂『籠釣瓶』

     傘 (かさ)も持 (も)たないで門 (かど)に立 (た)ったのは妹 (いもうと)のお光 (ひかり)であった。雪 (ゆき)はますます強 (つよ)くなって来 (き)たらしく、彼女 (か)の総身 (じょのそうしん)は雪女 (ゆきおんな)のように真 (ま)っ白 (しろ)に塗 (ぬ)られていた。

     Kasa mo motanai de kado ni tatta no wa imōto no ohikari de atta. Yuki wa masumasu tsuyokunattekitarashiku, kanojo no sōshin wa yuki onna no yō ni masshiro ni nurareteita.

     Standing in the entrance without holding even an umbrella was his younger sister Ohikari. It seemed like the snow had become increasingly stronger; her whole body was painted with snow, like a yuki-onna.

• 雪 (ゆき)男 (おとこ) (yuki otoko): abominable snowman (modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the 雪女)
• 雨 (あめ)女 (おんな) (ame onna): a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain
• 雨 (あめ)男 (おとこ) (ame otoko): a man whose presence always seems to bring rain
• 骨 (ほね)女 (おんな) (hone onna): a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman