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冷淡

冷澹

Reading

Kana: れいたん
Romaji: reitan
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Definition

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coolness; indifference

Kanji

Readings: レイ、 つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます
Meanings: cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Readings: タン、 あわ.い
Meanings: thin, faint, pale, fleeting
Readings: タン、 セン、 あわ.い
Meanings: calm, quiet, bland, rocking, rippling, suffice

Example Sentences

彼女(かのじょ)(わたし)冷淡(れいたん)だ。
➥She is cold to me.
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(かれ)(たし)かに利口(りこう)ではあるが、冷淡(れいたん)でもある。
➥He is clever, no doubt, but he is cold, too.
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(わたし)演説(えんぜつ)冷淡(れいたん)沈黙(ちんもく)(むか)えられた。
➥My speech was greeted with cold silence.
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日本人(にっぽんじん)()()いには親切(しんせつ)だが、そうでない(ひと)(たい)しては冷淡(れいたん)だと()われています。
➥It is said that Japanese people are kind to people they know, but rather cold to those they don't.
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