Japanese

める

ぬるめる
Meaning: to make lukewarm; to lower the temperature of hot water
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 温める 温めない
Polite 温めます 温めません
Past 温めた 温めなかった
Polite + Past 温めました 温めませんでした
Te-form 温めて 温めなくて
Potential 温められる 温められない
Passive 温められる 温められない
Causative 温めさせる 温めさせない
Imperative 温めろ 温めるな

Handwriting

温
め
る

Example

Add water to hot water to make it lukewarm.

Usage Notes

The specific reading 'nurumeru' means to cool down hot liquid to a lukewarm state, unlike 'atatameru' which means to warm something up.

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