冷える
ひえる
to grow cold, to cool down
Hieru (冷える) is an ichidan verb meaning "to grow cold, to cool down". Its polite form is 冷えます (hiemasu), its te form is 冷えて (hiete), its past form is 冷えた (hieta), and its negative form is 冷えない (hienai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Hieru (冷える) conjugation quick reference
冷える means "to grow cold, to cool down". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Hieru example sentences
夜は少し冷えます。
It gets a little cold at night.
昨日、部屋が冷えていました。
Yesterday, the room was cold.
スープはまだ冷えていません。
The soup hasn’t cooled down yet.
How to use Hieru: grammar notes
•Use が to mark the thing that cools down — for example, 「スープが冷えた」 means "The soup got cold."
•冷える describes something becoming cold naturally (like weather or time), so don’t use it when you cool something on purpose — use 冷やす instead.
•Be careful not to say 「冷えるを」— this verb doesn’t take を because it’s about something changing on its own, not something you do to it.
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Hieru
手が冷える（てがひえる）
My hands are getting cold
体が冷える（からだがひえる）
My body is getting cold
足元が冷える（あしもとがひえる）
My feet (or lower legs) are getting cold
Hieru (冷える) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 冷える | hieru |
| Masu Form | 冷えます | hiemasu |
| Te Form | 冷えて | hiete |
| Past Form | 冷えた | hieta |
| Negative Form | 冷えない | hienai |
| Past Negative | 冷えなかった | hienakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 冷えます | hiemasu |
| Polite Past | 冷えました | hiemashita |
| Polite Negative | 冷えません | hiemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 冷えませんでした | hiemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 冷えられる | hierareru |
| Passive Form | 冷えられる | hierareru |
| Causative Form | 冷えさせる | hiesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 冷えさせられる | hiesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 冷えよう | hieyou |
| Imperative Form | 冷えろ | hiero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 冷えれば | hiereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 冷えたら | hietara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 冷えている | hieteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 冷えたい | hietai |
| Prohibition | 冷えるな | hieruna |