Illustration: On a frosty morning outside a Japanese house, a child examines a shallow basin of water left beside the garden tap. A rigid sheet of ice has formed across the top, trapping a fallen leaf halfway into its surface.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

凍こおる

kooru

to freeze

Example sentences

道みちが凍こおっているから気きを付つけなさい。
The road is icy, so take care.
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湖みずうみは凍こおっていた。
The lake was frozen.
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凍こおるように冷つめたい。
It is freezing cold.
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Kanji in 凍

凍frozen; congealOnトウKunこおる・こごえる・こごる

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