Illustration: At a Japanese family dining table, a parent holds a spoonful of steaming soup away from a toddler and gently blows across its surface. The bowl remains on the table, giving off more steam than the small spoonful.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

冷さます

samasu

to let cool

Example sentences

  1. ちょっと冷さまして、熱あついうちは食たべないように。

    Let your food cool off a bit; don’t eat it while it’s hot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 水分すいぶんが多おおく含ふくまれる夏野菜なつやさいは、体内たいないの熱ねつを冷さます作用さようがあります。

    Summer vegetables that contain a lot of water have the effect of cooling down the body.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 作つくり方かたは簡単かんたん！鍋なべに材料ざいりょうを入いれ火ひにかけ、ひと煮立にたちしたら火ひを止とめ、あとは冷さますだけです。

    It’s easy to make! All you have to do is put the ingredients in a pot, heat it up, turn off the heat once it boils, and let it cool.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 冷

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

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