Illustration: In a compact home bathroom, an adult preparing to bathe lowers their whole hand comfortably into the filled tub, then pauses with a disappointed, unimpressed expression. Their sleeve remains pushed up and their posture relaxed, showing that the water is neither painfully cold nor hot.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

生なまぬるい

namanurui

lukewarm

Example sentences

その水みず、生なまぬるいよ。
The water is lukewarm.
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水みずは、生なまぬるかった。
The water was lukewarm.
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お茶ちゃが生なまぬるくなってしまった。
The tea has gone lukewarm.
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Kanji in 生

生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・なま

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