冴える【さえる】
Frequency rank: 9,925. – 9,953.
Also冱える【さえる】さえる
- to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
- to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
- to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerfuloften as 冴えない
- to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
- to be satisfyingoften as 冴えないsee also 冴えない
- to become frigid; to become intensely coldoriginal meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb