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冷たい

冷たい

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adjective

冷たい (-i inflection, hiragana つめたい, romaji tsumetai)

  1. (of an object) cold
  2. cold (unfriendly)
     (こころ) (つめ)たい
    kokoro no tsumetai
    cold-hearted
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
  •  (つめ)たい戦争 (せんそう) (tsumetai sensō, cold war)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) べたい [tsùbétáí] (Heiban - [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɯᵝbe̞ta̠i]

Adjective

冷たい (-i inflection, hiragana つべたい, romaji tsubetai)

  1. (of an object) cold
  2. cold (unfriendly)
Inflection

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.