Illustration: On a winter morning outside a Japanese home, a resident discovers that water in an outdoor bucket has frozen solid. They pull upward on a small ladle left in the bucket overnight, unexpectedly lifting the entire round slab of ice with it.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

凍とう結けつ

touketsu

to freeze

Example sentences

  1. この先さきの道みちは凍結とうけつしてるよ。

    The road ahead is frozen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 凍結とうけつした道路どうろでの運転うんてんは危険きけんだ。

    Driving on an icy street is a dangerous business.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 路面ろめんが凍結とうけつして滑すべりやすくなっています。

    The road has frozen and it’s now slippery.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 凍結

  • 凍frozen; congealOnトウKunこおる・こごえる・こごる
  • 結tie; bindOnケツ・ケチKunむすぶ・ゆう・ゆわえる

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