Word Meaning 解凍

かいとう kaitou

解凍 is read as かいとう (kaitou) and means thawing.

Meaning

English

  1. thawing
  2. defrosting
  3. decompression (of data)
  4. extraction
  5. unpacking
  6. unzipping

Reading

Kana

かいとう

Romaji

kaitou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 冷凍,圧縮 Related Words 抽出,展開 Rank 22039 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

解凍ソフト

かいとうそふと

file decompression software

自動解凍

じどうかいとう

self-extracting (file)

自己解凍

じこかいとう

self-extracting (file)

凍解け

いてどけ

thawing of the ground in spring

解雇

かいこ

dismissal (of an employee)

解禁

かいきん

publishing contents

解党

かいとう

dissolution (of a political party)

解放区

かいほうく

liberated area or zone

解像度

かいぞうど

resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.)

解団

かいだん

disbandment

解放軍報

かいほうぐんぽう

People's Liberation Army Daily (PRC)

Example Sentences

5

Make sure to thaw the chicken out before cooking.

She decided to thaw the meat in the microwave.

How do I decompress the LZH file?

In order to thaw frozen meat without marring its flavor, it is best practice to do so slowly and at a low temperature.

Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.