Illustration: In a drafty Japanese apartment kitchen on a winter morning, a resident sits on a stool with shoulders hunched and feet drawn together. Their bare toes curl against the cold floor, and they rub one chilled hand between the fingers of the other. A padded jacket hangs over their indoor clothes.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

冷ひえ

hie

chilliness, coldness

Example sentences

冷房れいぼうでは、冷ひえ過すぎが、問題もんだいになる。
With air conditioning, getting too cold can be a problem.
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朝あさの冷ひえが厳きびしくなってきた。
The mornings have been getting colder.
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足あしの冷ひえが気きになるので、靴下くつしたを履はいた。
My feet felt cold, so I put on socks.
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Kanji in 冷

冷cool; cold (beer, person)OnレイKunつめたい・ひえる・ひや

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