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暑さ (atsusa) Japanese meaning: heat (of the weather) | Kotomora
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The heat is intense this summer.
He is sensitive to heat, so he always feels listless in summer.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 は 暑あつ さに 弱よわ い someone is sensitive to the heat
He's sensitive to the heat and always looks miserable in summer.
暑あつ さで 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something as a result of the heat
I started feeling ill because of the heat.
暑あつ さが 続つづ く the hot weather continues
The intense heat is expected to continue this week.
暑あつ さをしのぐ to cope with or fend off the heat
I coped with the heat by cooling off in the shade.
暑あつ さに 慣な れる to get used to the heat
It takes time for the body to get used to the heat.
Kanji 暑 sultry, hot, summer heat Related words 猛暑 refers specifically to extreme, severe heat (a heatwave), whereas 暑さ is the general, neutral term for hot weather of any intensity.
暑気 is a more literary or medical term for summer heat, often used in set phrases like 暑気あたり, while 暑さ is the everyday word.
暑さ is general heat or hotness at any time, while 残暑 specifically means heat that lingers into early autumn after 立秋.
暑さ is the plain, everyday word for heat or hot weather, whereas 酷暑 specifically refers to dangerously extreme heat.
Opposites 暑さ is heat/hotness of weather, while 寒さ is the cold of weather; they are direct opposites.
暑さ 'heat' is the natural opposite of 涼 'coolness', as in seeking 涼 to escape 暑さ.
Don't confuse with 暑さ and 熱さ share the same reading あつさ, but 暑さ refers only to hot weather while 熱さ refers to the heat of an object, liquid, or a fever.
暑さ describes hot weather or ambient heat, while 熱 refers to a body's fever or a substance's own thermal energy.
Word family wet bulb globe temperature index; WBGT index; heat stress index
heat and humidity; humid heat
heat exhaustion; heatstroke; suffering from the heat
relief from the heat; beating the heat
Etymology Derived from the adjective 暑い (hot, of weather) with the nominalizing suffix さ, which turns adjectives into nouns expressing degree.
heat of high summer; midsummer heat
