icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal

5 strokesFrequency 1,450JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヒョウ

Kun

こおりこお.る

Nanori

すい

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

icicle

Constituents

drop
water

Mnemonic Stories

A sorcerer creates an icicle by taking pure water and adding a single magic drop of absolute zero.

The goddess of winter's tears are made of pure water. Each drop that falls freezes into a razor-sharp icicle before it hits the ground.

Dictionary

Common Words

凍りおりNounFreq #2033
1

ice

Examples
そのは薄過ぎてあなたの体重に耐えられない。
The ice is too thin to bear your weight.
2

shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

凍るおる氷るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4762
1

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

Examples
道が凍っているから気を付けなさい。
The road is icy, so take care.
凍りつく凍り付くおりつIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #8384
1

to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to)

Examples
板は地面に凍りついた
The plank froze to the ground.
2

to freeze hard; to freeze completely

かき氷カキ氷きごおり欠き氷掻き氷NounFreq #19986
1

Food, cooking

shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone

らら氷柱ょうちゅう (氷柱)NounFreq #21905
1

Word usually written using kana alone

icicle

2

ひょうちゅう only

ice pillar (for cooling a room)

3

つらら only; Archaic

ice

氷結ょうけつNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #23315
1

freezing; freezing over

Examples
この氷結と氷解のパターンが、北極熊の主な獲物であるアザラシの分布と数に影響を与えるのだ。
Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey.
氷漬けこおりづけ凍り漬けNounFreq #27241
1

being frozen in ice

氷塊ょうかいNounFreq #31463
1

lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

氷点下ょうてんかNounFreq #32124
1

below freezing

Examples
今朝は気温が氷点下に下がっている。
The temperature has fallen below zero this morning.
氷解ょうかいNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #32584
1

being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away

Examples
疑問が氷解しました!
My doubts have been cleared up.
2

melting (of ice)

Examples
この氷結と氷解のパターンが、北極熊の主な獲物であるアザラシの分布と数に影響を与えるのだ。
Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey.

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