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凍こごえる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verb

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こごえる

Meanings

to freeze (of one's body), to be frozen, to become numb (with cold), to be chilled

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Example sentences

外そとに出でたら、手てが凍こごえてしまった。

When I went outside, my hands became completely numb with cold.

こんなに寒さむい日ひに薄着うすぎで出でかけたら、凍こごえるよ。

If you go out dressed so lightly on such a cold day, you'll freeze.

吹雪ふぶきの中なかで一時間いちじかんも待またされて、体からだが凍こごえそうだった。

Having been made to wait in a blizzard for a whole hour, my body was on the verge of freezing.

凍こごえるほどの寒さむさの中なか、彼女かのじょは駅えきのホームで彼かれを待まち続つづけた。

In a cold so intense it was freezing, she kept waiting for him on the station platform.

山頂さんちょう付近ふきんでは気温きおんが急激きゅうげきに下さがり、装備そうびが不十分ふじゅうぶんな登山者とざんしゃは凍こごえずにはいられなかった。

Near the mountain summit, the temperature dropped sharply, and climbers with insufficient gear could not help but be frozen stiff.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)