warmth; warm weather
Refers to warm air, warmth, or mild weather, often in contrast to cold. Can be used for both literal warmth and the pleasant feeling of spring-like weather.
The warmth of spring is pleasant.
Warm air flowed in and the temperature rose.
寒気 is the antonym, meaning cold air or cold weather.
暖気 is a mass of warm air, the direct meteorological opposite of 寒気's mass of cold air.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji form; rarely used.
Compound of 暖 (warm) and 気 (air, atmosphere). The reading is on'yomi.