冷たい

• 読み: つめたい
• ローマ字: tsumetai
• 漢字の分解: 冷 (tsume/rei) — cold, cool, chill
• 発音: /t͡sɯ.me.ta.i/

意味

Cold (to the touch); chilly; icy. Describes the coldness of objects, drinks, and surfaces.

An i-adjective for cold things you can touch — water, drinks, hands, surfaces. Distinct from 寒い (samui), which describes cold air or weather. Also used figuratively for an emotionally cold person (冷たい人). Conjugates regularly: 冷たくない, 冷たかった.

例文

1. 冷たい水をください。
2. 今日は手が冷たいです。
3. 冷たいアイスクリームが食べたい。

使い方ガイド

場面: temperature, food, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 冷 contains the ice radical (冫), directly representing cold. Combined with たい, it has described cold-to-the-touch sensations since classical Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal