熱ねっ気き

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

heat; hot air

Literal physical heat, often the hot air or oppressive warmth in a room or space.

Figurative heat: a charged, passionate atmosphere created by a crowd, event, or intense activity.

Rare, somewhat literary use for bodily fever; modern Japanese normally uses 熱 (ねつ) or 発熱.

熱ねっ気きにうなされる、という古こ風ふうな表ひょう現げんがある。
There is an old-fashioned expression, 熱気にうなされる, meaning to be delirious with fever.

〈場ば所しょ〉が熱ねっ気きに包つつまれるfor a place to be filled with an excited, charged atmosphere
決けっ勝しょう戦せんの会かい場じょうは熱ねっ気きに包つつまれていた。
The venue for the final match was filled with excitement.
熱ねっ気きがむんとするfor the air to be stiflingly hot
満まん員いん電でん車しゃの中なかは熱ねっ気きがむんとしていた。
Inside the packed train, the hot air was stifling.
熱ねっ気きを帯おびるfor an atmosphere or discussion to take on a heated, excited quality
議ぎ論ろんはしだいに熱ねっ気きを帯おびてきた。
The discussion gradually took on a heated intensity.
熱ねっ気きがあふれるfor a place or event to be overflowing with excitement
ライブ会かい場じょうには熱ねっ気きがあふれていた。
The concert venue was overflowing with excitement.

熱ねつN5
熱 is the general word covering heat, fever, or passion, while 熱気 specifically points to hot air or a heated atmosphere.
熱ねっ狂きょう sense 2
熱狂 describes an intense, almost frenzied excitement among people, whereas 熱気 is the more general charged atmosphere itself.
興こう奮ふんN2sense 2
興奮 focuses on the personal state of being excited or agitated, while 熱気 describes the collective excited atmosphere of a place or crowd.
暑しょ気き sense 1
暑気 refers to seasonal summer heat, often linked to heatstroke, while 熱気 is the immediate sensation of hot, oppressive air in a space.
ボルテージ
熱気 describes the heated, excited atmosphere of a crowd or event, while ボルテージ (in its figurative sense) focuses on the rising intensity of excitement itself.

冷れい気き sense 1
冷気 is cold air, the direct opposite of the hot, oppressive air described by 熱気.

Compound of 熱 (heat) and 気 (air, atmosphere). The figurative sense of enthusiasm developed naturally from the idea of a heated atmosphere.