白はく熱ねつ

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白熱する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

white heat; incandescence; white glow

Physical state of emitting white light due to extreme heat; used for literal glowing objects.

Figurative use for discussions, debates, or competitions becoming intensely passionate or reaching a peak.

〈事こと〉が白はく熱ねつするfor a discussion, match, or competition to become intensely heated
試し合あいは最さい後ごまで白はく熱ねつした。
The match got more and more heated right up to the end.
白はく熱ねつした〈事こと〉a heated (argument, game, debate)
白はく熱ねつした議ぎ論ろんが二に時じ間かんも続つづいた。
The heated argument went on for a full two hours.
〈事こと〉が白はく熱ねつ化かするfor something to escalate into an intensely heated state
選せん挙きょ戦せんが白はく熱ねつ化かしてきた。
The election race has been heating up.

熱ねっするN3sense 1
熱する means to heat something physically, while 白熱 describes the resulting state of glowing white-hot or, figuratively, of intense excitement.
興こう奮ふんN2sense 2
興奮 refers to general excitement or arousal in a person, whereas 白熱 describes a collective atmosphere (like a debate or match) reaching a fever pitch.
熱ねっ狂きょう sense 2
熱狂 emphasizes wild, almost frenzied enthusiasm, while 白熱 focuses on the intensity or climax of a situation such as a contest or discussion.
過か熱ねつ sense 2
過熱 often implies excessive or unhealthy overheating (e.g. of an economy or rivalry), whereas 白熱 is more neutral, describing peak intensity without necessarily negative connotation.

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熾し烈れつ sense 2
熾烈 describes fierce, cutthroat competition, while 白熱 highlights the moment a contest or debate reaches its most intense, climactic point.
灼しゃく熱ねつ
白熱 describes something becoming white-hot or a discussion growing heated, similar to 灼熱's figurative use for intense passion or debate.

沈ちん静せい sense 2
沈静 means calming down or settling, the opposite of 白熱's sense of a discussion or contest heating up to its peak.

Compound of 白 (white) and 熱 (heat), literally 'white heat'. The figurative sense developed from the image of something glowing intensely.