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    3. 凍える

    凍える

    凍こごえ​る​

    to freeze (of one's body)

    N2KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveWeather & GeographyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    こごえる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to freeze (of one's body), to be frozen, to become numb (with cold), to be chilled

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    寒さむすぎて手て足あしが凍こごえそうだ。

    It's so cold my hands and feet feel like they're freezing.

    KMT6Weather & GeographyDaily Life
    外そとで長ちょう時じ間かん待まっていたので、体からだが凍こごえてしまった。

    I waited outside for a long time, so my body became numb with cold.

    KMT8Weather & GeographyDaily Life
    冬ふゆの山さん頂ちょうでは、風かぜが強つよく体たい感かん温おん度どが凍こごえるほど低ひくい。

    On winter mountaintops, the wind is strong and the perceived temperature is freezing low.

    KMT8Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    暖だん房ぼうのない部へ屋やで過すごすと、指ゆび先さきが凍こごえて文も字じが打うてない。

    If I spend time in a room without heating, my fingertips freeze and I can't type.

    KMT8Daily LifeHome & Housing
    凍こごえるような寒さむさの中なか、彼かれは夜よ通どおし働はたらき続つづけた。

    In the freezing cold, he continued to work all night.

    KMT9Weather & GeographyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    凍
    こお.る・こご.える・こご.る・い.てる・し.みる…(2)
    frozen・congeal・refrigerate
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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