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4 かき氷

Shaved Ice

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Meaning

Primary

Shaved Ice

Word Type

noun

Explanation

This is かき ice, which is shaved ice.

Reading

かきごおり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for 氷 is the same as the one you learned (こおり) except it gets converted to ごおり because it comes after かき, so it's rendaku'd.

Context

Patterns of Use

かき氷を〜 かき氷の〜

Common Word Combinations

  • かき氷をつくる

    to make shaved ice

    かき氷をたべる

    to eat shaved ice

    かき氷をいただく

    to eat shaved ice

Context Sentences

大きいかき氷がたべたい。

I want to eat a big bowl of shaved ice.

日本では、かき氷が人気です。

Shaved ice is popular in Japan.

そのかき氷の赤いシロップは、イチゴですか？トマトですか？

Is that red syrup on the shaved ice strawberry? Or tomato?

Kanji Composition

  1. 氷
    こおり Ice