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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

冷ひややか

hiyayaka

cold, distant

Describes an unfriendly attitude, tone or response. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

先生せんせいは冷ひややかだった。
The teacher had a cold demeanor.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
西南戦争せいなんせんそうに対たいしても冷ひややかな態度たいどをとる郷士ごうしが多おおかったと言いわれる。
It is said that many local samurai also remained cool toward the Satsuma Rebellion.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
私わたしの提案ていあんに、上司じょうしは冷ひややかな反応はんのうを示しめした。
My boss reacted coldly to my suggestion.
Written by AI for Bebop

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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