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冷淡

冷淡

Chinese

cold
 
insipid; diluted; weak; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
simp. and trad.
(冷淡)

Adjective

冷淡

  1. indifferent; cold
  2. cheerless; desolate

Noun

冷淡

  1. indifference

Verb

冷淡

  1. to treat coldly; to give the cold shoulder

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
たん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

冷淡 (-na inflection, hiragana れいたん, romaji reitan)

  1. cold-hearted, cold
  2. indifferent
    国際社会 (こくさいしゃかい)冷淡 (れいたん)反応 (はんのう)失望 (しつぼう)した。
    Kokusai shakai no reitan na hannō ni shitsubō shita.
    We were disappointed by the cold reception from the international community.

Inflection

Noun

冷淡 (hiragana れいたん, romaji reitan)

  1. cold-heartedness
  2. indifference

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.