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verb[T]
to cool, chill, or make something cold
hiyasu
Pronunciation
Etymology
Native Japanese; related to 冷える (hieru, “to become cold”) and 冷ゆ (hiyu, “to grow cold”), with a transitive/causative verb formation.
Examples
冷蔵庫で飲み物を冷やす。
reizōko de nomimono o hiyasu
I chill the drinks in the refrigerator.
スイカを川の水で冷やした。
suika o kawa no mizu de hiyashita
We cooled the watermelon in the river water.
Character Breakdown
冷
hi
cold; cool
や
ya
phonetic kana in the verb stem
す
su
verb-ending kana
Collocations
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