JLPT N3 · Verb

冷ます (samasu)

冷ます (さます, samasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さます
Romaji
samasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool · godan verb, transitive
  2. to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ちょっと冷まして、熱いうちは食べないように。
Let your food cool off a bit; don't eat it while it's hot.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 冷ます

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary冷ますさます samasu
Polite (~masu)冷ましますさまします samashimasu
Negative冷まさないさまさない samasanai
Polite negative冷ましませんさましません samashimasen
Past冷ましたさました samashita
Polite past冷ましましたさましました samashimashita
Negative past冷まさなかったさまさなかった samasanakatta
Te-form冷ましてさまして samashite
Potential冷ませるさませる samaseru
Passive冷まされるさまされる samasareru
Causative冷まさせるさまさせる samasaseru
Volitional冷まそうさまそう samasou
Imperative冷ませさませ samase
Conditional (~ba)冷ませばさませば samaseba

Kanji in 冷ます

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 冷ます.

Source: JMdict entry 1556740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.