Keyword
cold
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1645
Readings
さむ
(45%)
さぶ
(33%)
かん
(17%)
ざむ
(3%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
tall fence made of sticks
short legs
droplet
droplet
Used in vocabulary (181 in total)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
chill; shakes; ague
chilly; unpleasantly cold
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
bleak; chilly; dreary
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
protection against cold
to feel a chill run down one's spine
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
cold; coldness; chilliness
deserted village; poor village
cold wave
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
cold district; northern district
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
intense cold
resistance to cold
mid-winter; cold season
temperature difference
cold color; cold colour
to make a person's blood run cold
wintry moon; a winter month
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
being sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold
night cold; chill of night; cold night
winter clothes; arctic clothes
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
camellia-like plant native to China
hot and cold; summer and winter
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
cold night
frigid zone
coldness
destitution
mid-winter training
autumn chill
cold weather in early spring
deplorable; alarming
cold and heat; chills and fever
to feel cold; to have a chill
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms
cold region
lingering winter
morning cold; morning chill
cold country; cold region
chilly; unpleasantly cold
going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
place with warmer weather to spend the winter
arctic cap; watch cap
a cold air mass
winter chrysanthemum (cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)
alternation of three cold and four warm days
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
no heat or cold lasts over the equinox
winter crow
winter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter; person who does not waver from their own principles
hunger and cold
Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree); Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)
return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring
cold; chilly
withered trees and frozen rocks; (fig.) a person that is hard to approach
non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature
cicadas which sing in late autumn
bitterly cold
chilly; a little cold
unseasonably cool weather during the rainy season
the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
keeping the head cool and feet warm
winter spiritual austerities
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter
autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
frost; bitter cold
cold winter rain
cold water; water in midwinter
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
suffering caused by the cold
mochi made in winter
made in the winter (sake)
the coldest season (weather)
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
approach of winter; approaching the coldest time of the year
winter thunder; thunderstorm accompanying a cold front
beginning of midwinter
yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
cold-water ablutions performed in winter
bleak; chilly; dreary
clouds in midwinter; cold winter clouds
damage from cold weather
coldest time of the year; bitter suffering
whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki); white limestone
rubdown with a dry towel
first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")
lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring); lingering winter
suffering in poverty; abject poverty
koi carp caught during the cold season
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
the beginning of spring
taiga; boreal forest; Arctic forest
goosebumps; goose pimples
autumn chill
Cambria (old name for Wales)
no heat or cold lasts over the equinox
hunger and cold
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
crow in winter
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
Carex morrowii
a place of extreme cold
Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger)
to be bothered by coldness; to complain about the cold
egg laid in winter
winter visit to a shrine
winter manure
cold points (of the skin)
freezing mixture; refrigerant
exposure to cold
crucian carp caught in midwinter
extreme cold
it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold
it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold
bitter cold and fierce heat
bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
to make cold; to chill
intense cold
cold at the end of autumn when the dew turns to frost
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
Shijimi clam caught during winter
Pleiades (esp. in winter)
alternating chills and fever
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
chirping of crickets in late autumn
poor isolated village; one's hometown
cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori
cold winter dawn
flour made from cooked glutinous rice
cold desert; arctic desert; fell-field
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
students surpass their masters; (lit.) ice coming from water is colder than water
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush
Examples (200 in total)
You ought not to have kept her waiting on such a cold night.
It's not always cold here.
It's very cold here.