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情熱的 (jounetsuteki) Japanese meaning: passionate | Kotomora

情じょう熱ねつ的てき

じょ

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ね

つ

て

き

Meanings

1

passionate; ardent; enthusiastic

Describes a person, action, or attitude full of strong emotion and energy.

彼かれは情じょう熱ねつ的てきなスピーチで聴

ちょう

衆しゅう

を

魅み

了りょう

し

た

。

He captivated the audience with his passionate speech.

彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとに対たいしてとても情じょう熱ねつ的てきだ。

She is very passionate about her work.

Kanji

情feelings, emotion, passion
熱heat, temperature, fever
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

濃のう厚こうN1
情熱的 focuses on passionate emotion or enthusiasm, while 濃厚 in this sense stresses an intense, sensuous atmosphere between people.
熱ねつ烈れつN1
情熱的 describes someone's passionate character or nature in general, whereas 熱烈 more often describes the intensity of a specific feeling or act (like a welcome or love).
熱あついN5
情熱的 is a na-adjective meaning passionate or fervent, often for personality or romance, while 熱い is a plain adjective expressing similar intensity of feeling more casually.

Built from

情じょう熱ねつ+的てき

Etymology

Formed from 情熱 (passion) + the adjectival suffix 的 (-like, -ish).