寒う (サブー)
Sabuu · さぶー — cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny
Other ways to say “cold” in Japanese →
寒う in rōmaji: sabuu, also spelled sabu.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
寒う
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
寒い
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| 読み (Reading) |
サブー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-ウ音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
寒う
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| 読み・基本形 |
サブイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
寒い
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| 見出し語の読み |
サムイ
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Used in casual or playful speech, often in reaction to a joke or weather, expressing that something is 'cold' or 'lame'.
このジョーク、寒うない？
Kono jōku, sabū nai?
Isn't this joke lame?
今日は寒うてかなわん。
Kyō wa sabūte kanawan.
It's so cold today, I can't stand it.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 寒い (samui), which is the standard word for cold; 寒う is a colloquial, shortened form often used to mock or emphasize.
寒う means “cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny” — full definition & examples →
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
寒いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
寒くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
寒かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
寒くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
寒く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
寒ければ
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