涼しい

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 秋は涼しいです。▶ —
   Autumn is cool/crisp.
2. 涼しい風が気持ちいいです。▶ —
   The cool breeze feels nice.

Collocations

Mnemonic

すずしい — 涼しい, Yamato. An i-adjective. A word that shows how finely Japanese slices temperature ── three words split the same region of 'cool, cold' ── 寒い samui: the weather is cold ── negative, hard to bear. 冷たい tsumetai: a thing is cold to the touch ── a hand, water, a gaze. 涼しい suzushii: pleasantly cool ── positive. An autumn breeze, a summer evening. 寒い makes you shiver; 涼しい makes you sigh with relief. The same coolness splits by emotional sign. The idiom 涼しい顔 suzushii kao (a cool face) = an unbothered expression ── the face of someone who looks innocent though responsible. It ties back to the 顔 cluster. The Korean reading ryang is sister to the onyomi りょう ── 清涼 seiryou (refreshing coolness).

Quick check

1. "Acting unbothered" — idiom?

   • 涼しい顔 suzushii kao (idiom, "cool face")
   • 冷たい顔 (= "cold face/distant")
   • 寒い顔 (= "weather-cold face", absurd)
   • 暑い顔 (= "hot face", different)