The Meaning of hiyasu [冷やす] In Japanese
冷やす
ひやす
Romaji: hiyasu
N5
What does 冷やす mean?
Translation and Meaning
to cool, to chill, to refrigerate, to cool down
Definition
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.
Type
verb (godan) (五段動詞)
Stroke Order
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
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.
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
Usage
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.
💡 Tips
Mnemonic: the ice radical on the left of 冷 signals cold; visualize giving a command to the ice to chill a drink, reinforcing the idea of turning heat into cold.
Variations
- さます (samasu) — to cool down gradually; romaji samasu
- 温める (atatameru) — to warm up; romaji atatameru
Words with the same Kanji
Words with the same Meaning
Example Phrases
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残ったスープを冷やすために冷蔵庫へ入れた。Nokatta sūpu o hiyasu tame ni reizouko e ireta.I put the leftover soup in the fridge to cool.Lista:
- 残った (nokatta) – left over
- スープ (sūpu) – soup
- を (o) – object marker
- 冷やす (hiyasu) – to cool
- ために (tame ni) – in order to
- 冷蔵庫 (reizouko) – refrigerator
- へ (e) – to
- 入れた (ireta) – put in
Aqui o verbo transitivo 「冷やす」 significa ‘to cool’ e é usado com ために para indicar propósito.
