How to say "freezing" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 冷凍れいとうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbFreezing as a process of preservation or cold storage, such as freezing food for keeping. It refers to deliberate refrigeration, not to things naturally turning to ice.
- noun, suru verbThe loanword, typically for a computer, phone, or game that has frozen and stopped responding. It is not about weather or cold temperatures at all.
- 凍結とうけつnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe freezing of water or other liquids into ice, such as roads freezing over in winter. This is the usual word for temperatures causing things to ice up or freeze.
- 凝固ぎょうこnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbReally means coagulation or solidification; 'freezing' is only a secondary gloss. It suits technical contexts where a liquid hardens or clots, and is seldom the everyday word for freezing.
- 冷たいつめたいi-adjectiveAn adjective for something freezing cold to the touch, like icy water or a chilly wind. Use it to describe how something feels, not the process of freezing itself.
Use 冷凍 for freezing as preservation or cold storage, 凍結 for water or liquids turning to ice, 「フリーズ」 for computers or games, 「冷たい」 for freezing cold things to the touch, and 凝固 mainly for solidification/coagulation.
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