極 寒(ごっかん)

ごっかん

noun

extreme cold; bitter cold

weather nature

1. extreme cold; bitter cold; severe cold

Intensely cold weather or conditions, far beyond ordinary winter cold.

極寒(ごっかん)の地(ち)で暮(く)らす。

To live in a land of extreme cold.

極寒(ごっかん)の中(なか)、作業(さぎょう)を続(つづ)けた。

We continued working in the bitter cold.

この地域(ちいき)は冬(ふゆ)になると極寒(ごっかん)で、気温(きおん)がマイナス三十度(さんじゅうど)を下回(したまわ)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(さむ)い or 厳寒(げんかん) conveys. Often used to describe arctic or subarctic conditions, or the coldest days of winter. Frequently modifies nouns directly as 極寒(ごっかん)の.

Common collocations

極寒(ごっかん)の地(ち): land of extreme cold
極寒(ごっかん)の中(なか): in the bitter cold
極寒(ごっかん)に耐(た)える: to endure extreme cold
極寒(ごっかん)の季節(きせつ): season of extreme cold

Similar words

厳寒(げんかん): severe cold — similar intensity but more literary
酷寒(こっかん): harsh cold — nearly synonymous, slightly less common
寒波(かんぱ): cold wave — a specific weather event, not a general condition
猛暑(もうしょ): intense heat — the summer counterpart

Related Words

Synonym: 酷寒(こっかん) (severe cold (literary))

Compare: 厳寒(げんかん) (severe cold)

Compare: 寒波(かんぱ) (cold wave)

Compare: 猛暑(もうしょ) (intense heat)

Related: 厳冬(げんとう) (severe winter)

Compare: 寒冷(かんれい) (cold)

Compare: 猛寒(もうかん) (severe cold)

Compare: 寒冬(かんとう) (cold winter)

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