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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

風雪に耐えた

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fūsetsu ni taeta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weather-beaten/ˈweð.əˌbiː.tən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の風雪に耐えた顔には長年の苦労が刻まれていた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Damaged, roughened, or tanned by exposure to harsh weather conditions, especially wind, sun, and rain.

    "He had a weather-beaten face that reflected a lifetime of working outdoors on the open sea."
  2. 2

    Worn or aged in appearance due to long exposure to the outdoor elements.

    "The small wooden cabin had a weather-beaten exterior that showed decades of endurance against fierce winter gales."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English combination of 'weather' (from Old English 'wedor') and 'beaten' (past participle of 'beatan', to strike or pound). Originally used in maritime contexts during the late 15th century to describe ships damaged by storms, it gradually expanded to describe physical surfaces and human skin roughened and lined by prolonged exposure to the elements.

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🇫🇷French → English

marqué par les intempéries

Transliteration: marke pa lez‿ɛ̃tɑ̃pɛʁje

"Il avait le visage marqué par les intempéries après des années de navigation."

🇩🇪German → English

wettergeprüft

Transliteration: vɛtɐɡəˌpʁyːft

"Sein wettergeprüftes Gesicht zeigte die Spuren eines harten Lebens im Freien."

🇮🇹Italian → English

intemperato

Transliteration: intemperato

"Aveva il viso segnato dalle intemperie dopo anni di lavoro nei campi."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

curtido por la intemperie

Transliteration: kuɾˈtiðo poɾ la intemˈpeɾje

"Tenía el rostro curtido por la intemperie y una sonrisa amable."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

fatigado pelas intempéries

Transliteration: fatiˈɡadu pelas ĩtẽˈpɛɾjis

"O velho marinheiro tinha o rosto curtido pelas intempéries."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

मौसम की मार से तपा हुआ

Transliteration: mausam ki maar se tapa hua

Script: मौसम की मार से तपा हुआ चेहरा

"उसके मौसम की मार से तपे हुए चेहरे पर जीवन के अनुभव साफ झलकते थे।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

饱经风霜的

Transliteration: bǎojīngfēngshuāng de

"他那饱经风霜的脸上写满了岁月的故事。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

풍파에 시달린

Transliteration: pungpae sidallin

"그의 풍파에 시달린 얼굴은 거친 삶의 흔적을 보여주었다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

風雪に耐えた

Transliteration: fūsetsu ni taeta

"彼の風雪に耐えた顔には長年の苦労が刻まれていた。"

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