冷さめる

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Describes something hot or warm naturally losing heat and becoming cooler or cold. Often used for food, drinks, bathwater, or body temperature.

スープが冷さめないうちに食たべてください。
Please eat the soup before it gets cold.
お風ふ呂ろが冷さめてしまった。
The bath has gone cold.

2

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

cool off; subside; fade; wane

Used for emotions, excitement, passion, or interest that naturally decreases over time. Often appears with words like 気持ち, 熱, 興奮, or 愛情.

彼かれへの気き持もちが冷さめてしまった。
My feelings for him have cooled off.
最さい初しょの興こう奮ふんはすぐに冷さめた。
The initial excitement quickly subsided.

3

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be cold; be composed

Describes a person's eyes, expression, or attitude as lacking warmth or emotion; calm and unfeeling rather than friendly. Often used with 目, 表情, or 態度.

彼かれの冷さめた目めつきが怖こわかった。
His cold gaze was frightening.
彼かの女じょはいつも冷さめた態たい度どをとる。
She always has a detached attitude.

Written forms

冷さめるUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
さめるUsage32%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the intended sense is clear from context.

Kanji

冷cool, cold (beer, person), chill

Similar words

冷さます
Transitive counterpart: 冷ます means to cool something down deliberately (e.g., スープを冷ます), while 冷める is intransitive and describes something cooling on its own.
冷ひえる
Also intransitive, but 冷える focuses on becoming cold from an already cool state or due to external conditions (e.g., 体が冷える), while 冷める emphasizes the loss of previous heat or warmth.

Etymology

Derived from the classical verb 冷ゆ (ひゆ) with the intransitive suffix める, indicating a natural change of state. The kanji 冷 carries the core meaning of 'cool' or 'cold'.