Illustration: On a frosty morning outside a suburban Japanese home, a resident steps out to collect a plain folded newspaper and immediately hunches their shoulders against the cold. Their elbows press tightly to their ribs, knees bend inward, and a visible puff of breath hangs before their face.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

寒さむい

samui

cold

Used for weather or how cold someone feels. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

今日きょうは少すこし寒さむい。
It’s a little cold today.
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昨日きのうは寒さむかった。
It was cold yesterday.
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かなり寒さむい。
It’s pretty cold.
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Kanji in 寒

寒coldOnカンKunさむい

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