極ごっ寒かん

also: ごくかん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Describes very cold weather or the coldest part of winter. Often used in weather reports or to emphasize harsh cold.

Antonyms: 極暑

〈場ば所しょ〉は極ごっ寒かんだa place is bitterly cold
北ほっ極きょくは一いち年ねん中じゅう極ごっ寒かんだ。
The Arctic is bitterly cold all year round.
極ごっ寒かんに耐たえるto endure extreme cold
登と山ざん隊たいは極ごっ寒かんに耐たえて山さん頂ちょうを目め指ざした。
The climbing team endured the extreme cold as they headed for the summit.
極ごっ寒かんの中なか〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the midst of extreme cold
極ごっ寒かんの中なか、彼かれらは外そとで作さ業ぎょうを続つづけた。
They kept working outside in the extreme cold.

厳げん寒かん
厳寒 and 極寒 both mean severe cold, but 厳寒 is slightly more common in everyday weather reports while 極寒 emphasizes the absolute peak of cold.
酷こっ寒かん
酷寒 is a near-identical, somewhat literary synonym of 極寒, both meaning bitterly extreme cold.

極ごく暑しょ
intense heat; peak of summer's heat
炎えん天てん
極寒 describes bitterly cold conditions, the opposite weather extreme from the scorching heat of 炎天.

極寒Usage100%
- ごっかん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ごっかん is the most common.
- ごくかん
  Alternate reading; less common than ごっかん.
ごくかん

Compound of 極 (extreme) and 寒 (cold). The reading ごっかん is a common assimilation of ごくかん.