冷静

See also: 冷靜

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 冷靜 (“sober; calm; desolate; lonely; melancholic”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 冷靜).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冷靜 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːse̞ː]

Adjective

(れい)(せい) • (reisei) -na (adnominal (れい)(せい) (reisei na), adverbial (れい)(せい) (reisei ni))

  1. calm, composed
    指揮官(しきかん)冷静(れいせい)(ひと)でなければつとまらない。
    Shikikan wa reisei na hito de nakereba tsutomaranai.
    Only a calm person is qualified to be a commander.
    冷静(れいせい)(かんが)えるとやばいな。
    Reisei ni kangaeru to yabai na.
    Actually pretty fucked up if you think about it.

Inflection

Noun

(れい)(せい) • (reisei) 

  1. calmness, composure

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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