Meaning of 大寒(だいかん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 大寒

Kana Reading だいかん

Romaji daikan

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

(time of) extreme cold

Example sentence

大寒：１年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。 Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
Parts of speech

Meaning

"major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)

Examples of 大寒, だいかん in a sentence

大寒：１年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。

Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.

寒 JLPT 4

12 strokes

cold

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi: さむ.い

大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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