冷れい害がい

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Meanings

cold-weather damage; cold damage

Specifically refers to damage to crops caused by low temperatures during the growing season, especially in summer. Common in agricultural and weather reports.

今年ことしの冷れい害がいで米こめの収しゅう穫かく量りょうが大おお幅はばに減へった。
This year's cold-weather damage caused a significant drop in the rice harvest.
冷れい害がいに強つよい品ひん種しゅの開かい発はつが進すすめられている。
Development of varieties resistant to cold damage is underway.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で冷れい害がいが発はっ生せいするcold-weather crop damage occurs (in a place)
今こん年ねんは東とう北ほく地ち方ほうで冷れい害がいが発はっ生せいした。
This year, cold-weather damage to crops occurred in the Tohoku region.
〈物もの〉が冷れい害がいを受うける(crops) suffer cold-weather damage
稲いねが冷れい害がいを受うけて収しゅう穫かく量りょうが減へった。
The rice suffered cold-weather damage and the harvest decreased.
冷れい害がいに見み舞まわれるto be hit by cold-weather damage
この地ち域いきはたびたび冷れい害がいに見み舞まわれる。
This region is repeatedly hit by cold-weather damage.
冷れい害がい対たい策さくをとるto take measures against cold-weather damage
農のう家かは冷れい害がい対たい策さくとして品ひん種しゅを変かえた。
Farmers changed the crop variety as a measure against cold-weather damage.

Kanji

冷cool, cold (beer, person), chill
害harm, injury

Don't confuse with· 5

凍とう害がい
冷害 is damage to crops from low temperatures during the growing season, while 凍害 refers to damage from actual freezing, often to infrastructure or in winter.
霜そう害がい
冷害 covers broader cold-temperature crop damage, whereas 霜害 is specifically damage caused by frost settling on plants.
干かん害がい
冷害 is crop damage from cold weather, while 干害 is crop damage from drought or lack of water.

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水すい害がいN1
冷害 and 水害 share the same '〜害' pattern for disaster damage, but 冷害 is caused by abnormally cold weather, not water.
冷れい夏かN3
冷夏 names the abnormally cool summer itself, whereas 冷害 refers to the crop or agricultural damage that such cold weather can cause.

Etymology

Compound of 冷 (cold) and 害 (damage). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.