Compare: 寒い vs 冷たい
寒いさむい
cold (e.g. weather)
冷たいつめたい
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing
さむい寒い
N5CommonI-adjective
cold (e.g. weather)
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例年になく寒い冬だそうですね。
I hear that you are having an unusually cold winter.
手が寒さで震えたは、少しオーバーですみません。
Sorry, "my hands shuddered with the cold" was a bit over the top.
つめたい冷たい
N5CommonI-adjective
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing
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冷たい風が吹き込んだ。
A cold wind blew in.
冷たい風は海から吹いている。
The cold wind is blowing from the sea.