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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

冴さえる

N1
さえる saeru
  1. to be clear
  2. to be serene
  3. to be cold
  4. to be skillful
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

清澈;敏锐

Examples

  • 満まん月げつが空そらにさえている。
    A full moon is shining bright in the sky.
    满月在天空中明亮地照耀。
  • 昨日ゆっくり休んだ分、今日は頭が冴えている。
    I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.
    昨天充分休息,今天头脑很清醒。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('acd16e281c'); // 冴える
{
  "id": "acd16e281c",
  "word": "冴える",
  "reading": "さえる",
  "romaji": "saeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be clear",
    "to be serene",
    "to be cold",
    "to be skillful"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1297050,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "満月が空にさえている。",
      "furigana": "{満月|まんげつ}が{空|そら}にさえている。",
      "en": "A full moon is shining bright in the sky.",
      "tatoeba_id": 81081
    },
    {
      "ja": "昨日ゆっくり休んだ分、今日は頭が冴えている。",
      "en": "I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.",
      "tatoeba_id": 76120
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "5fa50e0bfff3705ee872e6ca1d41a957844dd31ac9753e9e705addd35635a66f",
    "meanings": [
      "清澈",
      "敏锐"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "満月が空にさえている。",
        "zh": "满月在天空中明亮地照耀。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "昨日ゆっくり休んだ分、今日は頭が冴えている。",
        "zh": "昨天充分休息,今天头脑很清醒。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/acd16e281c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1297050; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "1a5dad3f4f27b34ec8db8053263a354a9b64847d6dd8dea8093d36a979f8a28d",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}