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氷 kanji
icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヒョウ
Kun readings
こおりひこおる
Variant forms
冰Words with 氷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —氷山の一角tip of the iceberg
- —巨大氷惑星ice giant
- —就職氷河期period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; employment ice age
- —薄氷の勝利narrow victory
- —薄氷を踏むto tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
- —氷炭相容れずhaving completely different natures and being incompatible with each other; like oil and water; ice and (charcoal) fire cannot coexist
- —流氷ダイビングice diving
- —氷河湖決壊洪水glacial lake outburst flood
- —薄氷を踏む思いsense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger
- —氷雪プランクトンcryoplankton
- —氷蝕glacial scouring; glacial erosion; glacial abrasion
- —そう氷pack ice
- —氷のうice bag; ice pack
- —氷醋酸glacial acetic acid
- —製氷器ice maker; ice machine
- —薄氷をふむto tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
- —薄氷をふむ思いsense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger