1.
extreme cold; bitter cold; severe cold
Intensely cold weather or conditions, far beyond ordinary winter cold.
極寒の地で暮らす。
To live in a land of extreme cold.
極寒の中、作業を続けた。
We continued working in the bitter cold.
この地域は冬になると極寒で、気温がマイナス三十度を下回ることもある。
In winter, this region experiences extreme cold, with temperatures sometimes dropping below minus thirty degrees.
Describes the most severe level of cold, beyond what 寒い or 厳寒 conveys. Often used to describe arctic or subarctic conditions, or the coldest days of winter. Frequently modifies nouns directly as 極寒の.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 極寒の地: land of extreme cold
- 極寒の中: in the bitter cold
- 極寒に耐える: to endure extreme cold
- 極寒の季節: season of extreme cold
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 厳寒: severe cold — similar intensity but more literary
- 酷寒: harsh cold — nearly synonymous, slightly less common
- 寒波: cold wave — a specific weather event, not a general condition
- 猛暑: intense heat — the summer counterpart