気き温おん

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

air temperature; temperature

Refers specifically to the temperature of the air or weather, not body temperature or the temperature of an object.

今日きょうは気き温おんが三さん十じゅう度どまで上あがるそうだ。
They say the temperature will rise to thirty degrees today.
朝あさ晩ばんは気き温おんがかなり下さがります。
The temperature drops quite a bit in the mornings and evenings.

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Usage patterns

気き温おんが上あがるthe temperature rises
今日きょうは気き温おんが急きゅうに上あがった。
The temperature rose suddenly today.
気き温おんが下さがるthe temperature drops
夜よるになると気き温おんが下さがる。
The temperature drops at night.
気き温おんが〈数かず〉度どになるthe temperature reaches ... degrees
明日あしたの気き温おんは35度どになるそうだ。
They say tomorrow's temperature will reach 35 degrees.
気き温おん差さが大おおきいthere is a large temperature difference
この地ち域いきは一いち日にちの気き温おん差さが大おおきい。
This region has a large daily temperature swing.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
温warm

Related words

温おん度どN4
温度 is the general word for temperature of anything (objects, liquids, rooms), while 気温 specifically means the temperature of the outside air or weather.
室しつ温おん
気温 refers to the outdoor or atmospheric temperature, while 室温 specifically means the temperature inside a room.

Don't confuse with

体たい温おんN3
体温 refers to a person's or animal's body temperature, whereas 気温 refers to the temperature of the surrounding air; learners sometimes mix them up because both end in 温.
平へい均きん気き温おんN2
気温 means the temperature at a given moment or place, while 平均気温 specifically refers to a calculated average over a period.
水すい温おん
気温 refers to air or weather temperature, whereas 水温 refers to the temperature of water; the two are easily confused because both are 〜温 compounds.

Word family

平へい均きん気き温おんN2
average temperature; mean temperature
最さい低てい気き温おんN2
minimum temperature; lowest temperature; today's low
最さい高こう気き温おんN2
maximum temperature; highest temperature; today's high
気き温おん差さ
temperature difference; temperature range
気き温おん感かん応おう度ど
temperature sensitivity; sensitivity of electricity demand to temperature change

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 気, associated here with air or atmosphere, and 温, associated with warmth or temperature; together they denote air temperature.