In Japanese, "freezing" is ひどく寒い (hidokusamui). It is a adjective pronounced "hee-doh-koo-sah-moo-ee".
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ひどく寒い is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as hidokusamui, it sounds roughly like "hee-doh-koo-sah-moo-ee" to an English ear.
今日はひどく寒いです。外に出るときはコートを着てください。
Kyou wa hidoku samui desu. Soto ni deru toki wa kooto wo kite kudasai.
It is freezing today. Please wear a coat when you go outside.
Hidoku samui (ひどく寒い) means extremely cold or freezing. It combines hidoku (severely) with samui (cold) and describes temperatures well below comfortable levels.
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Buy on Steamひどく寒い is romanised as hidokusamui. Say it roughly like "hee-doh-koo-sah-moo-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ひどく寒い is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
ひどく寒い is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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