冷やす
Meaning in Englishto cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate
Animated kanji stroke order
Related sentences
Related sentences
There are no published items in this section yet.
Word context
What it means
What does 冷やす mean? It means to lower the temperature of something by removing heat, typically by applying cold through a refrigerator, ice, or cold water; it is also used to describe cooling down to a comfortable temperature.
Main meanings
- Lower the temperature of foods, drinks, or objects by removing heat
- Cool down hot liquids or foods to a serving temperature
- Apply cooling methods to the body or to parts of the body for relief from heat or fever
How to use it
Used in everyday conversation, cooking, food safety, and general instructions to describe the act of making something cold or cooler; it appears in recipes, storage guidelines, and medical or personal care contexts where cooling is involved.
Variants and close terms
- さます (samasu) — to cool down gradually; romaji samasu
- 温める (atatameru) — to warm up; romaji atatameru
Composition
- 冷: cold, the core semantic of the word
- やす: verb-ending that attaches to the kanji stem to form a transitive verb meaning to make something cold
Etymology
From the kanji 冷 meaning cold, paired with the native kun'yomi ひやす to form a verb; the phonetic evolution shows a strict kun-reading construction rather than a loanword or Sino-Japanese on-reading.
Word class
verb (godan) (五段動詞)