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熱心 (ねっしん, nesshin) Japanese meaning: enthusiastic | Kotomora
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きょう
に
熱ねっ
心しん
だ
。
He is enthusiastic about his studies.
I listen eagerly to the story.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 熱ねっ 心しん だ to be enthusiastic about something
He is enthusiastic about soccer.
熱ねっ 心しん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something eagerly/enthusiastically
She is studying enthusiastically.
熱ねっ 心しん な 〈 人ひと 〉 an enthusiastic/dedicated person (in some role)
He is known as a dedicated teacher.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 熱ねっ 心しん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to eagerly do something toward/for someone
The teacher explained earnestly to the students.
Kanji 熱 heat, temperature, fever Related words· 15 真剣 stresses grave seriousness and focus, while 熱心 stresses eager enthusiasm and active dedication.
一生懸命 highlights giving one's utmost effort, whereas 熱心 highlights the passionate interest behind the effort.
積極的 describes a proactive, forward-going attitude, while 熱心 describes emotional eagerness and devotion to something.
熱心 describes steady, diligent earnestness or devotion, while 熱い captures a more emotional, fired-up passion in the same enthusiastic sense.
Show 11 more 熱心 describes earnest, diligent enthusiasm (e.g. for study or work), while 熱烈 conveys a more burning, emotional passion (e.g. love or fervent support).
熱心 is the common, everyday word for being eager or enthusiastic, while 切 is a more formal, literary term used mainly in fixed phrases like 切に願う.
熱心 describes an earnest, enthusiastic attitude, while しきりに can describe both that eagerness and the repeated actions expressing it.
熱心 describes eagerness or enthusiasm toward something, while 一心 emphasizes single-minded focus rather than the feeling of enthusiasm itself.
Opposites 無関心 means indifferent or uninterested, the direct opposite of the eager involvement expressed by 熱心.
熱心 describes eager, enthusiastic interest or effort, contrasting with the half-hearted, uninterested attitude of 冷淡.
Don't confuse with 感心 means to be impressed or admire something, while 熱心 means to be enthusiastic or eager about it; learners often mix up the two 心-words.
熱心 is a na-adjective describing someone as diligent or eager (熱心な人), while 熱意 is a noun naming the quality of enthusiasm itself (熱意を持つ).
熱心 (enthusiastic, eager) shares the kanji 心 and a similar shape with 細心 (meticulous), but the meanings are unrelated.
Word family indifference; lack of enthusiasm; inattentiveness
hardworking in one's studies; studious
eager to study; enthusiastic about research; studious
Etymology Compound of 熱 (netsu, 'heat, passion') and 心 (shin, 'heart, mind'), literally 'passionate heart'. The reading ねっしん is a regular sound change from netsu + shin.
熱心 is a noun/na-adjective describing steady dedication or zeal, whereas 意気込む is a verb capturing the moment of psyching oneself up for a task.
熱心 describes eager enthusiasm toward something, whereas 一心に highlights total mental concentration without distraction.
熱心 emphasizes enthusiasm and eagerness for a particular activity, whereas 勤勉 emphasizes consistent, disciplined effort over time.
熱心 describes a general eager or diligent attitude toward something, while 熱中 describes being actively and deeply absorbed in a specific pursuit right now.
熱心 means keen and enthusiastic in a calm, positive sense, while 躍起 implies a more agitated, single-minded intensity that can look desperate.
熱心 describes enthusiastic, eager effort, while 真摯 describes a sincere, serious-minded attitude that need not involve visible enthusiasm.
熱心 conveys diligent enthusiasm or zeal put into an effort, while 乗り気 is simply being inclined to accept or try something.
