融雪

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 融雪 is read as ゆうせつ and means snowmelt or the melting of accumulated snow.
• Basic usage: It can describe natural spring snowmelt or form part of the name for equipment that melts snow.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• As a natural process
  • 春の融雪 is the natural melting of accumulated snow in spring. Example: 春の融雪で川の水かさが増えた。
• As the function of equipment
  • 融雪設備 means snow-melting equipment; in the example, a model of it was displayed by the roadside. Example: 道路脇に融雪設備の模型が展示されていた。