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    3. 冷や

    冷や

    冷ひや​

    cold water

    KMT10Ref L2Food & DiningKanji Vocab10 strokes

    冷

    ひや

    Noun

    1.
    cold water
    abbreviation
    2.
    cold sake
    abbreviation

    Prefix, Particle

    3.
    cold, cool, chilled, unheated

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    冷ひやを一いっ杯ぱいください。

    Please give me a glass of cold water.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    暑あつい日ひには、冷ひやで一いっ杯ぱいやるのが最さい高こうだ。

    On a hot day, having a drink of cold sake is the best.

    KMT10Food & DiningDaily Life
    冷ひや飯めしを食くわされるとは、不ふ遇ぐうな境きょう遇ぐうを強しいられることだ。

    To be made to eat cold rice means to be forced into an unfortunate situation.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほん酒しゅは、冷ひやでも燗かんでも美お味いしく飲のめる。

    Sake can be enjoyed both chilled and warm.

    KMT10Food & Dining
    熱ねつがあるときは、額ひたいに冷ひやを当あてるのが効こう果か的てきだ。

    When you have a fever, applying cold water to your forehead is effective.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    冷
    つめ.たい・ひ.える・ひ.や・ひ.ややか・ひ.やす・ひ.やかす…(3)
    cool・cold (beer, person)・chill
    Kanji
    や
    ya
    Kana
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