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氷釈 (ひょうしゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
melting like ice ; dispelling doubts
Literary or classical expression. Used figuratively for doubts or misunderstandings disappearing completely, like ice melting. Often appears in the phrase 氷釈する or 疑念が氷釈する.
時じ
間かん
が
かかっ
た
。
It took time for the misunderstanding to melt away.
Similar words 解かい 消しょう 解消 is a common word for resolving or dissolving something, while 氷釈 is a rare literary metaphor specifically for doubts or misunderstandings vanishing like ice.
氷ひょう 解かい 氷解 also means 'melting like ice' and is used similarly for doubts, but 氷釈 is even rarer and more classical.
Etymology Compound of 氷 (ice) and 釈 (release, explain). The image is of ice melting away, used metaphorically for doubts disappearing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a classical Chinese-derived expression.
