薄氷

Japanese

From 薄(はく) (haku, “thin”) + 氷(ひょう) (hyō, “ice”).

薄(はく)氷(ひょう) • (hakuhyō) ^{←はくひよう (fakufyou)^?}

thin ice
薄(はく)氷(ひょう)を踏(ふ)む心(ここ)地(ち)がする
hakuhyō o fumu kokochi ga suru
to feel like you were treading on thin ice

From 薄(うす) (usu, “thin”) + 氷(こおり) (kōri, “ice”). The kōri changes to gōri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

薄(うす)氷(ごおり) • (usugōri) ^{←うすごほり (usugofori)^?}

For pronunciation and definitions of 薄氷 – see the following entry.

[noun] synonym of 薄氷 (kakuhyō, usugōri, “thin ice”)

Alternative spelling
うすらい

(This term, 薄氷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“薄氷”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026