JLPT N5 · い-adjective

涼しい (suzushii)

涼しい (すずしい, suzushii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “cool; refreshing”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: すずしい
Romaji: suzushii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

cool; refreshing · い-adjective
clear (e.g. eyes); bright · い-adjective
clear; distinct · い-adjective
composed (facial expression); unruffled; unconcerned · い-adjective
pure; upright; innocent · い-adjective · archaic

Example sentences

日増しに涼しくなっていく。

It's getting cooler day by day.

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

Conjugation of 涼しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	涼しい	すずしい suzushii
Negative	涼しくない	すずしくない suzushikunai
Past	涼しかった	すずしかった suzushikatta
Negative past	涼しくなかった	すずしくなかった suzushikunakatta
Te-form	涼しくて	すずしくて suzushikute
Adverb (~ku)	涼しく	すずしく suzushiku
Conditional (~ba)	涼しければ	すずしければ suzushikereba

Kanji in 涼しい

涼

refreshing, nice and coolリョウ・すず.しい・すず.む · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 涼しい.

涼むすずむto cool oneself

Source: JMdict entry 1554370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.