熱ねつ量りょう

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Meanings

quantity of heat; calorific value

Technical term for the amount of heat energy, often measured in calories, joules, or BTU. Used in physics, engineering, and nutrition.

Figurative extension: the intensity of someone's passion or enthusiasm, as if measuring emotional heat.

熱ねつ量りょうを消しょう費ひするto burn/consume calories
運うん動どうして熱ねつ量りょうを消しょう費ひした。
I burned calories by exercising.
〈人ひと〉の熱ねつ量りょうを感かんじるto feel someone's passion/enthusiasm
彼かれのプレゼンから熱ねつ量りょうを感かんじた。
I could feel his passion from the presentation.
熱ねつ量りょうが高たかい／低ひくいto be high/low in calories
このメニューは熱ねつ量りょうが高たかい。
This menu item is high in calories.
〈事こと〉に熱ねつ量りょうを注そそぐto pour one's passion into something
彼かれはこのプロジェクトに熱ねつ量りょうを注そそいでいる。
He is pouring his passion into this project.

カロリーN3sense 1
カロリー is the everyday unit for food energy, while 熱量 is the broader scientific term for the quantity of heat itself, expressed in calories, joules, or other units.
情じょう熱ねつN1sense 2
情熱 is the standard word for passion or enthusiasm, while 熱量 in its figurative sense emphasizes the measurable intensity of that passion, as if it could be quantified.
熱ねつ意いN2sense 2
熱意 describes earnest enthusiasm toward a task or goal, whereas 熱量 (figurative) treats that enthusiasm as a measurable amount of energy or intensity.
火か力りょくN1
熱量 measures the actual amount of heat energy released, while 火力 describes the intensity or power of a heat source itself.

熱ねつN5sense 1
熱 refers to heat itself (or a fever), while 熱量 is the measurable quantity of that heat, not the heat or fever directly.

Compound of 熱 (heat) and 量 (quantity). The figurative sense derives from the idea of measuring emotional intensity as if it were heat.