also: はだざむい
肌寒い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 肌寒い | 肌寒くない |
| Polite | 肌寒いです | 肌寒くないですalso 肌寒くありません |
| Past polite | 肌寒かったです | 肌寒くなかったですalso 肌寒くありませんでした |
| Past | 肌寒かった | 肌寒くなかった |
| Te-form | 肌寒くて | 肌寒くなくて |
| Adverbial | 肌寒く | |
| Conditional | 肌寒ければ | 肌寒くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 肌寒かったら | 肌寒くなかったら |
chilly; unpleasantly cold
Describes a coolness that feels slightly uncomfortable, typically used for weather or air temperature, especially in early autumn or late spring.
Since September started, the mornings and evenings have become chilly.
肌寒い風が吹いて、一枚羽織った。
A chilly wind blew, so I put on an extra layer.
It was chilly this morning.
It starts to feel chilly in the evening.
Now that the chilly season has arrived, I can't do without a jacket.
Rarely used kanji form; 膚 is an older variant of 肌.
Voiced variant reading; encountered in speech but less common in writing.