冷淡 (reitan)
coolness, indifference
- JLPT N1
- adjectival noun
- Pitch 3
- #18641 most frequent
Meaning
冷淡 (れいたん, reitan) is a JLPT N1 adjectival noun meaning “coolness, indifference”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
彼は彼女に冷淡な態度をとったね。
He showed an indifferent attitude toward her.
彼女は私に冷淡だ。
She is cold to me.
彼は態度が冷淡だ.
He's cold in manner.
彼は教育には極めて冷淡だ.
He takes very little interest in educational matters.
とホームズは冷淡に言った。
said Holmes dryly.
彼女は彼の冷淡さにむっとした.
She was miffed at his coolness.
痛烈な厭味を加え冷淡そのもの。
His words are very nasty and cold.
私の演説は冷淡な沈黙で迎えられた。
My speech was greeted with cold silence.
彼は確かに利口ではあるが、冷淡でもある。
He is clever, no doubt, but he is cold, too.
彼女は夫の自分に対する冷淡さを私に訴えた.
She complained to me of her husband's coldness to her.
日本人は知り合いには親切だが、そうでない人に対しては冷淡だと言われています。
It is said that Japanese people are kind to people they know, but rather cold to those they don't.