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冷ます (さます): to cool, to let cool — Japanese vocabulary

冷ます is read さます and means "to cool, to let cool". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

冷ます

Reading
さます · samasu
Translation
to cool, to let cool
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
さますが

Example

ちょっと冷まして、熱いうちは食べないように。

ちょっとさまして、あついうちはたべないように。

Let your food cool off a bit; don't eat it while it's hot.

Kanji in this word

  • 冷 — cold, cool

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