酷寒(こっかん)

こっかん
noun
severe cold; bitter cold
1. severe cold; bitter cold; extreme cold
Extremely harsh cold weather or temperature. Used to describe the most severe winter conditions.
酷寒(こっかん)の地(ち)で暮(く)らす。
To live in a land of severe cold.
酷寒(こっかん)の中(なか)、作業(さぎょう)を続(つづ)けた。
They continued working in the bitter cold.
シベリアの酷寒(こっかん)に耐(た)えられる防寒着(ぼうかんぎ)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
Cold-weather gear that can withstand Siberia's extreme cold is needed.

Composed of 酷(こく) (severe, harsh) and 寒(かん) (cold). The 酷(こく) undergoes sound change to {こっ} before {かん}.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 酷寒(こっかん)の地(ち) (land of extreme cold)
  • 酷寒(こっかん)に耐(た)える (to endure severe cold)
  • 酷寒(こっかん)の冬(ふゆ) (bitterly cold winter)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 酷寒(こっかん): extreme, severe cold (literary, emphatic)
  • 極寒(ごっかん): extreme cold (similar meaning, slightly more common)
  • 厳寒(げんかん): severe cold (formal)
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