氷河(ひょうが)

ひょうが
noun
glacier
1. glacier
glacier
アルプスの氷河(ひょうが)が縮小(しゅくしょう)している。
The glaciers of the Alps are shrinking.
氷河(ひょうが)期(き)には地球(ちきゅう)の大部分(だいぶぶん)が氷(こおり)に覆(おお)われていた。
During the ice age, much of the Earth was covered in ice.
温暖化(おんだんか)の影響(えいきょう)で氷河(ひょうが)の融解(ゆうかい)が加速(かそく)し、海面(かいめん)上昇(じょうしょう)が懸念(けねん)されている。
The melting of glaciers has accelerated due to global warming, and rising sea levels are a concern.

A large, slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow on mountains or near the poles. Composed of 氷(ひょう) (ice) and 河(が) (river). Frequently appears in climate change discussions and geography.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 氷河(ひょうが)期(き): ice age, glacial period
  • 氷河(ひょうが)が溶(と)ける: a glacier melts
  • 氷河(ひょうが)の融解(ゆうかい): glacial melting
  • 氷河(ひょうが)地形(ちけい): glacial landform

CULTURAL NOTE:
就職(しゅうしょく)氷河(ひょうが)期(き) (employment ice age) is a well-known expression for periods of extreme difficulty in finding jobs, originally referring to the economic downturn after Japan's bubble economy burst in the 1990s.

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