I Love Kanji冷淡 (reitan)
冷淡 (れいたん, reitan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cool; indifferent”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- れいたん
- Romaji
- reitan
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cool; indifferent; apathetic; half-hearted · な-adjective, noun
- cold; cold-hearted; heartless; unkind · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 冷淡
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 冷淡だ | れいたんだ reitanda |
| Present (polite) | 冷淡です | れいたんです reitandesu |
| Negative | 冷淡じゃない | れいたんじゃない reitanjanai |
| Past | 冷淡だった | れいたんだった reitandatta |
| Negative past | 冷淡じゃなかった | れいたんじゃなかった reitanjanakatta |
| Te-form | 冷淡で | れいたんで reitande |
| Before a noun | 冷淡な | れいたんな reitanna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 冷淡に | れいたんに reitanni |
Kanji in 冷淡
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 冷淡.
冷たいつめたいcold (to the touch)冷蔵庫れいぞうこrefrigerator冷房れいぼうair conditioning冷えるひえるto grow cold冷静れいせいcalmness冷ますさますto cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature)冷めるさめるto cool down冷やすひやすto cool冷凍れいとうfreezing冷酷れいこくcruelty冷蔵れいぞうcold storage冷やかすひやかすto banter淡水たんすいfresh water (i.e. not salt water)
Source: JMdict entry 1557150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.