冷たい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
つめ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (of an object) cold
  2. cold (unfriendly)
     (こころ) (つめ)たい (ひと)
    kokoro no tsumetai hito
    cold-hearted person
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4
Irregular

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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

References

  1. 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.
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