肌寒い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はだ
Grade: S
さむ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
膚寒い

Etymology

Compound of (hada, skin) +‎ 寒い (samui, cold),[1][2] literally "cold to the skin".

Sometimes encountered with the reading hadazamui, exhibiting rendaku.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(はだ)(さむ) (hadasamui-i (adverbial (はだ)(さむ) (hadasamuku)) (alternative reading hiragana はだざむい, rōmaji hadazamui)

  1. chilly

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN