Meanings
Readings
Common Words
ice
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to)
to freeze hard; to freeze completely
Food, cooking
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
Word usually written using kana alone
icicle
ひょうちゅう only
ice pillar (for cooling a room)
つらら only; Archaic
ice
freezing; freezing over
below freezing
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away
melting (of ice)
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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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.
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