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冴える [ichi1] 冱える [rK]
さえる [ichi1]
1. [v1,vi]
▶ to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.)
▶ to be bright
▶ to be vivid
▶ to be crisp
2. [v1,vi]
▶ to be clear-headed
▶ to be alert
▶ to be on the ball
▶ to be wide awake
3. [v1,vi]
《often as 冴えない》
▶ to look upbeat
▶ to be perky
▶ to be cheerful
4. [v1,vi]
▶ to master (a skill)
▶ to excel at
▶ to cleanly execute
5. [v1,vi]
《often as 冴えない》
▶ to be satisfying
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2576510 冴えない 2. dissatisfying; disappointing; lackluster; inadequate
6. [v1,vi]
《original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned》
▶ to become frigid
▶ to become intensely cold

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-07-21 05:58:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-07-21 04:13:16  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 冴える  │ 131,753 │ 81.0% │
│ 冱える  │     842 │  0.5% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj, etc.)
│ さえる  │  30,115 │ 18.5% │
├─ーーーー─┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 冴えない │ 213,446 │ 47.6% │
│ 冱えない │   1,275 │  0.3% │
│ さえない │ 233,832 │ 52.1% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2010-09-02 04:33:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-09-01 23:17:59  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
progressive waei and meikyo have good entries.  prog merges the "clear" senses 
together, which looks good
  Diff:
@@ -18,2 +18,4 @@
-<gloss>to become frigid</gloss>
-<gloss>to become intensely cold</gloss>
+<gloss>to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be bright</gloss>
+<gloss>to be vivid</gloss>
+<gloss>to be crisp</gloss>
@@ -24,2 +26,4 @@
-<gloss>to be serene</gloss>
-<gloss>to be clear (the sky, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be clear-headed</gloss>
+<gloss>to be alert</gloss>
+<gloss>to be on the ball</gloss>
+<gloss>to be wide awake</gloss>
@@ -30,2 +34,4 @@
-<gloss>to be clear</gloss>
-<gloss>to be crisp (the sound of an instrument, etc.)</gloss>
+<s_inf>often as 冴えない</s_inf>
+<gloss>to look upbeat</gloss>
+<gloss>to be perky</gloss>
+<gloss>to be cheerful</gloss>
@@ -36,2 +42,3 @@
-<gloss>to be vivid</gloss>
-<gloss>to be vibrant (color, expression, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to master (a skill)</gloss>
+<gloss>to excel at</gloss>
+<gloss>to cleanly execute</gloss>
@@ -42,3 +49,3 @@
-<gloss>to be clear headed</gloss>
-<gloss>to be alert</gloss>
-<gloss>to be perky</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2576510">冴えない・2</xref>
+<s_inf>often as 冴えない</s_inf>
+<gloss>to be satisfying</gloss>
@@ -49,8 +56,3 @@
-<gloss>to excel</gloss>
-<gloss>to cleanly execute (a skill)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v1;</pos>
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
-<s_inf>used in the negative</s_inf>
-<gloss>to be dissatisfying</gloss>
+<s_inf>original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned</s_inf>
+<gloss>to become frigid</gloss>
+<gloss>to become intensely cold</gloss>
1. A* 2010-09-01 14:52:18  Brandon Kentel
  Refs:
daijs
  Comments:
some overlap in the senses here -- suggestions?
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +18,12 @@
+<gloss>to become frigid</gloss>
+<gloss>to become intensely cold</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to be serene</gloss>
+<gloss>to be clear (the sky, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -19,3 +31,26 @@
-<gloss>to be serene</gloss>
-<gloss>to be cold</gloss>
-<gloss>to be skillful</gloss>
+<gloss>to be crisp (the sound of an instrument, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to be vivid</gloss>
+<gloss>to be vibrant (color, expression, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to be clear headed</gloss>
+<gloss>to be alert</gloss>
+<gloss>to be perky</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to excel</gloss>
+<gloss>to cleanly execute (a skill)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<s_inf>used in the negative</s_inf>
+<gloss>to be dissatisfying</gloss>

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