Meaning

Primary

Glacier

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An ice river is some ice that moves (very slowly) like a river. That is a glacier. In fact, many inlets and sounds were created with glaciers, because glaciers moved through them like rivers... not very quickly, though.

Reading

ひょうが
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for is the one you didn't learn. Think of the glacier coming slowly to your door. It rings your doorbell and says heyo (ひょう). Note that the becomes here.

Context

Context Sentences

これは、氷河期に生きていたマンモスの化石です。

This is a fossil of a mammoth that lived during the glacial epoch.

ビエトは、氷河の写真をとるために、次のバケーションでアサバスカ氷河へ行く予定です。

Viet is planning to go to Athabasca Glacier for his next vacation to take glacier photos.

遠くのほうにキラキラと青く光る氷河が見えました。

I saw a glistening blue glacier in the distance.

地球温暖化のために、毎年溶けている氷河が増えている。

The number of melting glaciers has been increasing every year due to global warming.

Kanji Composition