Reitan

JLPT N1

冷淡 (Reitan) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “cool, indifferent, apathetic, half-hearted”.

Meanings

  1. na-adjective, nouncool; indifferent; apathetic; half-hearted
  2. na-adjective, nouncold; cold-hearted; heartless; unkind

Examples

  • She is cold to me.

  • My speech was greeted with cold silence.

  • He is clever, no doubt, but he is cold, too.

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Kanji in 冷淡

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