冷え込む

ひえこむ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder
2. to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone
3. to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline

Kanji

• 冷 cool. Read as ひえる.
• 込 into. Read as こむ.

Example sentences

• 今日もかなり冷え込んでいますが、明日は気温が高くなると予想されています。
  It is rather cold again today, but tomorrow we expect the temperature to rise.
• 明け方近くは、ぐっと冷え込む。
  It gets extremely cold toward dawn.
• 昨夜は-10℃まで冷え込んだ。
  Last night, the temperature went down to ten degrees below zero.
• 今日は冷え込み、後ほど雪が降るでしょう。
  It's supposed to get colder and snow later today.
• もう冷え込むこともなくなったし、そろそろスタッドレスからノーマルタイヤに戻した方がいいぞ。
  It has stopped getting colder already, so it is best to swap studded tyres to normal tyres.

Common phrases

• 関係が冷え込む

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