寒気(かんき)

かんき
noun
cold air, cold snap
1. cold air, cold weather, cold snap
Cold atmospheric conditions or a mass of cold air. Used in weather reports and everyday descriptions of cold weather.
強(つよ)い寒気(かんき)が流(なが)れ込(こ)む。
A strong cold snap is moving in.
今週(こんしゅう)は寒気(かんき)の影響(えいきょう)で冷(ひ)え込(こ)むでしょう。
This week will be quite cold due to a cold air mass.
大陸(たいりく)からの寒気(かんき)が日本海側(にほんかいがわ)に大雪(おおゆき)をもたらした。
Cold air from the continent brought heavy snow to the Sea of Japan side.

USAGE:
Primarily a weather and meteorology term. Often appears in news and weather forecasts. Not to be confused with 寒気(さむけ) (read as さむけ), which means chills or shivers from illness or fear.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 寒気(かんき)が流(なが)れ込(こ)む: cold air flows in
  • 寒気(かんき)の影響(えいきょう): influence of cold air
  • 寒気(かんき)が緩(ゆる)む: the cold eases
  • 上空(じょうくう)の寒気(かんき): cold air aloft

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Contrast: 換気(かんき) (ventilation (homophone))
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