情じょう熱ねつ

じょ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

Strong emotional drive or fervor toward a goal, activity, or cause. Can be used for romantic passion, artistic passion, or intense dedication.

彼かれは音おん楽がくに情

じょう

熱ねつ

を

注そそ

い

で

いる

。

He pours his passion into music.

彼かの女じょの情じょう熱ねつ的てきなスピーチに感かん動どうした。

I was moved by her passionate speech.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に情じょう熱ねつを注そそぐto pour one's passion into something
彼かれは音おん楽がくに情じょう熱ねつを注そそいでいる。
He pours his passion into music.
情じょう熱ねつを持もつto have passion (for something)
彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとに対たいして強つよい情じょう熱ねつを持もっている。
She has a strong passion for her work.
情じょう熱ねつが冷さめるfor one's passion to cool down/fade
時じ間かんが経たつと情じょう熱ねつが冷さめることもある。
Sometimes passion fades as time goes by.
〈事こと〉に情じょう熱ねつを燃もやすto burn with passion for something
彼かれは研けん究きゅうに情じょう熱ねつを燃もやしている。
He burns with passion for his research.

Kanji

情feelings, emotion, passion
熱heat, temperature, fever

Related words· 8

熱ねつ意いN2
熱意 describes earnest enthusiasm and dedication, often toward work or study, while 情熱 conveys a deeper, more emotional fervor that can include romantic or artistic feeling.
熱ねつ情じょう
熱情 is a literary near-synonym that sounds more intense, whereas 情熱 is the everyday word for passion.
意い欲よくN2
意欲 focuses on motivation or willingness to act, while 情熱 emphasizes the emotional intensity behind that drive.
熱ねつN5
情熱 is a more literary, specific word for deep emotional passion, while 熱 can casually describe any burst of enthusiasm or craze.

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熱ねっ血けつ
情熱 is the common, general word for passion or enthusiasm, while 熱血 emphasizes a hot-blooded, almost fiery and often youthful temperament.
パッション
情熱 is the native Sino-Japanese word for passion and can describe any strong drive, while パッション is a stylish, borrowed term often used in artistic, business, or motivational contexts.
熱ねつ量りょうN1
情熱 is the standard word for passion or enthusiasm, while 熱量 in its figurative sense emphasizes the measurable intensity of that passion, as if it could be quantified.

Opposites

無む関かん心しんN3
無関心 means indifference or lack of interest, the opposite of the burning drive expressed by 情熱.

Don't confuse with

情じょう事じ
情事 means a love affair or romantic liaison, not the general emotional fervor meant by 情熱, despite sharing the kanji 情.

Word family

情じょう熱ねつ家か
passionate person; enthusiast
情じょう熱ねつ的てき
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic

Etymology

Compound of 情 (emotion, feeling) and 熱 (heat, fervor), literally 'heated emotion'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys intense emotional warmth.

激げき情じょう

情熱 refers to enthusiastic, usually positive passion or zeal, whereas 激情 can be destructive or overwhelming and is not necessarily positive.