cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
Refers to a pleasant coolness, often from a breeze or shaded area. Commonly used in the phrase 涼を取る (to cool off).
See also: 涼を取る
Cool off in the shade of a tree.
Many people seek out coolness in the shade of trees.
In the evening, a cool breeze comes from the river.
The sound of the wind chime gives a feeling of coolness.
暑さ 'heat' is the natural opposite of 涼 'coolness', as in seeking 涼 to escape 暑さ.
cool; refreshing
enjoying the cool evening air; escaping the summer heat outdoors
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
desolate; dreary; bleak
cool; cold
cool feeling; sense of coolness
cool evening air · cooling off outdoors on a summer evening
coolness of early autumn; first cool air of autumn
evening cool; cool of the evening
Standard kanji form.
Rarely used kanji variant.
The kanji 涼 originally relates to coolness and water. The reading りょう is the on'yomi. The word is used as a noun in modern Japanese, often in literary or set expressions.
airing out (clothes, scrolls, etc.) to prevent insect and mold damage
garden pavilion; gazebo
coolness; cool feeling
cool air; coolness
cool autumn; cool fall
cool rain
coolness of autumn; cool autumn wind · eighth lunar month