冷たい

つめたい

Cold to the touch; unfeeling

N5i-adjective·tsumetai

How to remember it

つめ hints at nails — cold that bites like ice on your bare fingers.

Example sentences

  • この水は冷たいです。

    このみずはつめたいです。

    This water is cold.

  • 彼は冷たい人です。

    かれはつめたいひとです。

    He is a cold-hearted person.

Usage

Use for things/people to the touch; use 寒い for cold air or weather.

Related words

寒い温かい暑い

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