Meaning of 冷淡(れいたん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 冷淡, 冷澹 JLPT 1

Kana Reading れいたん

Romaji reitan

Examples of 冷淡, 冷澹, れいたん in a sentence

彼女は私に冷淡だ。

She is cold to me.
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.
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.
私の演説は冷淡な沈黙で迎えられた。

My speech was greeted with cold silence.

淡 JLPT 1

11 strokes

thin, faint, pale, fleeting

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: あわ.い

冷 JLPT 3

7 strokes

cool, cold (beer, person), chill

On'Yomi: レイ

Kun'Yomi: つめ.たい, ひ.える, ひ.や, ひ.ややか, ひ.やす, ひ.やかす, さ.める, さ.ます

澹

16 strokes

calm, quiet, bland, rocking, rippling, suffice

On'Yomi: タン, セン

Kun'Yomi: あわ.い

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