解凍

This is the 5080th most frequent Japanese word.


解凍

"解凍" means "defrost" or "thaw."


The word 解凍 in this sentence means 'defrost' or 'to thaw,' referring to the action of making frozen food suitable for cooking or consumption.

冷凍食品を解凍してください。

Please defrost the frozen food.


Here, 解凍 refers to the process of 'extracting' compressed files, commonly performed with archives like .zip files.

このソフトウェアは解凍が必要です。

This software requires extraction.


In this case, 解凍 conveys the meaning of 'recovering' or 'unfreezing' a system to restore its functionality.

コンピュータがフリーズしたので、解凍作業を行いました。

Since the computer froze, I performed a system recovery.