氷ひょう山ざん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

iceberg

Refers to a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier. Often used metaphorically as in 'tip of the iceberg' (氷山の一角).

船ふねは氷ひょう山ざんに衝しょう突とつして沈ちん没ぼつした。
The ship collided with an iceberg and sank.
これは問もん題だいの氷ひょう山ざんの一いっ角かくに過すぎない。
This is just the tip of the iceberg of the problem.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で氷ひょう山ざんにぶつかるto collide with an iceberg (somewhere)
船ふねが北きた大たい西せい洋ようで氷ひょう山ざんにぶつかって沈ちん没ぼつした。
The ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank.
氷ひょう山ざんが浮うかぶan iceberg floats (on the sea)
遠とおくの海うみに大おおきな氷ひょう山ざんが浮うかんでいる。
A large iceberg is floating in the distant sea.

Expressions

氷ひょう山ざんの一いっ角かくtip of the iceberg