日向ひなたに氷こおり

expression, noun

something disappearing bit by bit; ice in the sun

Idiomatic expression comparing gradual disappearance to ice melting in sunlight. Often used for things that vanish slowly but surely.

• 彼かれの貯ちょ金きんは日向ひなたに氷こおりのように消きえていった。

  His savings disappeared bit by bit like ice in the sun.

• 時じ間かんが経たつにつれて、その記き憶おくは日向ひなたに氷こおりのごとく薄うすれていった。

  As time passed, that memory faded away like ice in the sun.