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冷める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	冷さめる	冷さめない
Polite	冷さめます	冷さめません
Past polite	冷さめました	冷さめませんでした
Past	冷さめた	冷さめなかった
Te-form	冷さめて	冷さめないで
Desire	冷さめたい	冷さめたくない
Potential	冷さめられるalso 冷さめれる	冷さめられないalso 冷さめれない
Passive	冷さめられる	冷さめられない
Causative	冷さめさせる	冷さめさせない
Causative passive	冷さめさせられる	冷さめさせられない
Volitional	冷さめよう
Polite volitional	冷さめましょう
Imperative	冷さめろ	冷さめるな
Conditional	冷さめれば	冷さめなければ
Tara conditional	冷さめたら	冷さめなかったら

Pairs with冷ます

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

cool down; get cold

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.

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.

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.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が冷さめるfor something (food, drink, bath) to go cold
せっかく作つくったスープが冷さめてしまった。
The soup I made got cold before I could eat it.
気き持もちが冷さめるfor one's feelings or enthusiasm to cool off
彼かれへの気き持もちが少すこしずつ冷さめていった。
My feelings for him gradually cooled off.
冷さめた目めで〈動どう詞し〉to look at something with detached, unfeeling eyes
彼かの女じょはいつも冷さめた目めで周まわりを見みている。
She always looks at those around her with cold, detached eyes.
冷さめないうちに〈動どう詞し〉to do something before it gets cold
冷さめないうちに食たべてください。
Please eat it while it's still hot.

Expressions

熱ねつが冷さめるlose interest; cool down; grow less enthusiastic
ほとぼりが冷さめるthe heat is off; things calm down; excitement dies down

Kanji

冷cool, cold (beer, person), chill

Transitive / intransitive

冷さますN2sense 1
冷ます is the transitive counterpart—someone deliberately cools something (スープを冷ます), while 冷める describes it cooling on its own.

Related words

冷ひえるN4sense 1
冷える focuses on something becoming cold, often due to external conditions, while 冷める emphasizes the loss of heat that was previously there.
薄うすれる sense 2
薄れる describes feelings or memories gradually fading, while 冷める specifically describes passion or interest cooling off after being intense.

Opposites· 6

温あたたまるN2sense 1
温まる means something warms up, the direct opposite of 冷める, which means it cools down.
燃もえるN4sense 2
燃える describes passion or excitement burning intensely, the opposite of 冷める, where such feelings die down.
熱ねっするN3
冷める means to cool down emotionally or lose enthusiasm, the opposite of 熱する in its sense of getting excited or fired up.

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惚ほれるN1
冷める describes feelings of love cooling off, the opposite of 惚れる, which describes falling into that state of attraction.
沸わくN4
沸く means a liquid heats up to boiling, while 冷める means it cools down.
とろけるN1
冷める means to cool down or lose emotional warmth, contrasting with 蕩ける's sense of being emotionally melted or captivated.

Don't confuse with

覚さめるN3
覚める means to wake up from sleep or a dream, while 冷める means to cool down or lose warmth/enthusiasm—same reading, different kanji and meaning.

Word family

湯ゆ冷ざめ
chill after a bath
冷さめやらぬ
lingering; still not subsided; continuing

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.

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'.