温まる

あたたまる · atatamaru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to warm oneself

♨️ 温 = warm + -まる ending: you get warm yourself, like あたたかい (warm)

Shares its root with あたたかい (warm). The -まる ending marks something that happens on its own: 温まる means to get warm. Its pair 温める (atatameru) means to warm something else up, like heating up soup.

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