also: さぶい
寒い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 寒い | 寒くない |
| Polite | 寒いです | 寒くないですalso 寒くありません |
| Past polite | 寒かったです | 寒くなかったですalso 寒くありませんでした |
| Past | 寒かった | 寒くなかった |
| Te-form | 寒くて | 寒くなくて |
| Adverbial | 寒く | |
| Conditional | 寒ければ | 寒くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 寒かったら | 寒くなかったら |
Describes cold weather, air temperature, or a chilly feeling. Antonym: 暑い (hot, for weather).
Antonyms: 暑い
今日は本当に寒いですね。
It's really cold today, isn't it?
寒いので窓を閉めてください。
Please close the window because it's cold.
Colloquial use for a joke, pun, or remark that falls flat or is corny. Often used in the phrase 寒いギャグ.
彼の寒いギャグに誰も笑わなかった。
Nobody laughed at his lame joke.
そのダジャレ、ちょっと寒いよ。
That pun is a bit corny.
It's very cold outside today.
His jokes always fall flat.
It suddenly gets cold at night.
It's too cold, so I don't want to go outside.
暖か describes pleasantly mild or warm weather, while 寒い describes cold weather.
bleak; chilly; dreary
wintry; very cold-looking · bleak; desolate; empty
coldness; the cold; degree of cold
cold; brr
night cold; chill of night; cold night
morning cold; morning chill
autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air
chill; chilliness
cold at the end of autumn when dew turns to frost
cold; chilly · poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate
sensitive to cold; person who feels the cold easily
feel cold; complain about the cold
Kana spelling is common in casual writing.
Dialectal or old-fashioned reading; rarely used in modern standard Japanese.