熱ねっ戦せん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

fierce fight; close contest; heated battle

Used for intense, closely fought competitions in sports, games, or debates. Often appears in news headlines and commentary.

昨日きのうの試し合あいは本ほん当とうに熱ねっ戦せんだった。
Yesterday's match was a real fierce fight.
両りょうチームの熱ねっ戦せんに観かん客きゃくは大だい興こう奮ふんした。
The crowd was thrilled by the heated battle between the two teams.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を繰くり広ひろげるto put on a fierce, closely fought contest
両りょうチームは最さい後ごまで熱ねっ戦せんを繰くり広ひろげた。
Both teams put on a fierce battle right to the end.
〈事こと〉を制せいするto win a hard-fought contest
決けっ勝しょうの熱ねっ戦せんを制せいしたのは地じ元もとチームだった。
It was the home team that won the fierce final.
〈事こと〉の末すえafter a fierce, drawn-out contest
延えん長ちょう戦せんにもつれる熱ねっ戦せんの末すえ、ようやく勝しょう負ぶが決きまった。
After a heated battle that went into extra time, the match was finally decided.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever
戦war, battle, match

Related words

接せっ戦せん
接戦 stresses a close score or neck-and-neck outcome, while 熱戦 emphasizes the intensity and passion of the contest itself.
激げき戦せん
激戦 suggests a more violent or high-stakes struggle, whereas 熱戦 focuses on the excitement and heat of a closely fought game.
死し闘とう
死闘 implies a desperate, life-or-death style struggle, while 熱戦 is used more broadly for any exciting, hard-fought sports or debate match.
名めい勝しょう負ぶN2
熱戦 describes any hard-fought, exciting contest, while 名勝負 specifically praises a match as legendary or historic.

Don't confuse with

熱ねっ線せん
熱線 (same reading) means a heat ray or infrared ray, a completely different word from 熱戦, which means a fierce contest.

Etymology

Compound of 熱 (heat, passion) and 戦 (battle, fight). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with intense competition.