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熱波 (ねっぱ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

熱ねっ波ぱ

ね

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ぱ

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to a period of unusually hot weather, often used in meteorological contexts and news reports.

今こん週しゅうは熱ねっ波ぱが続つづく見み込こみです。
A heat wave is expected to continue this week.
熱ねっ波ぱの影えい響きょうで電でん力りょく需じゅ要ようが急きゅう増ぞうした。
Electricity demand surged due to the heat wave.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever
波waves, billows, Poland

Similar words

猛もう暑しょ
猛暑 refers to intense summer heat in general, while 熱波 specifically describes a heat wave as a weather phenomenon, often implying a sustained period of extreme temperatures.

Etymology

Compound of 熱 (netsu, 'heat') and 波 (ha, 'wave'), literally 'heat wave'. The reading ねっぱ results from rendaku voicing of は to ぱ after ねつ.