JLPT N5 · い-adjective

冷たい (tsumetai)

冷たい (つめたい, tsumetai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “cold (to the touch); chilly”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つめたい
Romaji: tsumetai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing · い-adjective
(emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly · い-adjective

Example sentences

もう手が冷たくって。

My hand's getting too cold.

Tatoeba #194174

ケイトが彼にあっちに行ってと冷たく言ったので、彼の心は傷つきました。

Kate broke his heart by rudely demanding he go away.

Tatoeba #225404

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

Conjugation of 冷たい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	冷たい	つめたい tsumetai
Negative	冷たくない	つめたくない tsumetakunai
Past	冷たかった	つめたかった tsumetakatta
Negative past	冷たくなかった	つめたくなかった tsumetakunakatta
Te-form	冷たくて	つめたくて tsumetakute
Adverb (~ku)	冷たく	つめたく tsumetaku
Conditional (~ba)	冷たければ	つめたければ tsumetakereba

Kanji in 冷たい

冷

cool, cold (beer, person), chillレイ・つめ.たい・ひ.える · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 冷たい.

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冷淡れいたんcool冷やかすひやかすto banter

Source: JMdict entry 1556730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.