Illustration: Outside a Japanese house on a bitter winter morning, an adult tries to lift a garden dipper from a bucket and discovers that it is locked into solid ice. Their mittened hands pull carefully while the entire bucket begins to rise with the handle.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

氷ひょう点てん下か

hyoutenka

below freezing

Example sentences

今日きょうもまだ氷点下ひょうてんかだ。
Even today, the temperature is below zero.
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気温きおんは氷点下ひょうてんか6度どです。
It’s six degrees below zero.
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今朝けさは気温きおんが氷点下ひょうてんかに下さがっている。
The temperature has fallen below zero this morning.
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Kanji in 氷点下

氷icicle; iceOnヒョウKunこおり・ひ・こおる
点spot; pointOnテンKunつける・つく・たてる
下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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