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のぼせる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	のぼせる	のぼせない
Polite	のぼせます	のぼせません
Past polite	のぼせました	のぼせませんでした
Past	のぼせた	のぼせなかった
Te-form	のぼせて	のぼせないで
Desire	のぼせたい	のぼせたくない
Potential	のぼせられるalso のぼせれる	のぼせられないalso のぼせれない
Passive	のぼせられる	のぼせられない
Causative	のぼせさせる	のぼせさせない
Causative passive	のぼせさせられる	のぼせさせられない
Volitional	のぼせよう
Polite volitional	のぼせましょう
Imperative	のぼせろ	のぼせるな
Conditional	のぼせれば	のぼせなければ
Tara conditional	のぼせたら	のぼせなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

feel dizzy; be flushed; have blood rush to one's head

usually written using kana alone

Physical sense, often from heat, a long bath, feverishness, or blood rushing to the head.

長なが風ぶ呂ろをしたら、少すこしのぼせてしまった。
After a long bath, I got a little dizzy and flushed.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

lose one's cool; get worked up; lose one's head

usually written using kana alone

Figurative use for becoming emotionally overheated or unable to stay calm; somewhat less common than expressions like 冷静さを失う or 頭に血がのぼる.

彼かれは議ぎ論ろんが白はく熱ねつすると、すぐのぼせてしまう。
When the argument heats up, he quickly loses his cool.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be obsessed; be infatuated; be crazy about

usually written using kana alone

Used with に for being carried away by a person, hobby, game, or idea; often has a mildly critical tone.

彼かの女じょは若わかい俳はい優ゆうにのぼせている。
She is infatuated with a young actor.
最さい近きん、弟おとうとはオンラインゲームにのぼせている。
Lately my younger brother has been obsessed with online games.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

become conceited; get full of oneself

usually written using kana alone

Figurative use for becoming smug or self-important after praise, success, or attention.

少すこし売うれたくらいでのぼせてはいけない。
You must not get conceited just because you have had a little success.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が〈人ひと〉にのぼせるto become infatuated with someone
彼かれは彼かの女じょにすっかりのぼせている。
He's completely infatuated with her.
〈物もの〉にのぼせるto become obsessed with a hobby or activity
弟おとうとはゲームにのぼせて勉べん強きょうしない。
My little brother is so obsessed with games that he doesn't study.
長なが風ぶ呂ろでのぼせるto feel dizzy from staying in the bath too long
長なが風ぶ呂ろでのぼせてしまい、湯ゆ船ぶねから出でた。
I got dizzy from staying in the bath too long, so I got out.
ほめられてのぼせるto get full of oneself after being praised
少すこし成せい功こうしたくらいでのぼせるな。
Don't get full of yourself over a little success.

Kanji

逆inverted, reverse, opposite
上above, up
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

うぬぼれるN1sense 4
うぬぼれる directly means to be conceited or vain, while のぼせる only reaches that meaning as one figurative extension of its core sense of a rush to the head.

Don't confuse with

逆ぎゃく上じょう sense 2
逆上する means to fly into a rage or lose control from anger, while のぼせる more broadly describes dizziness, infatuation, or conceit without necessarily involving anger.
湯ゆあたり sense 1
湯あたりする specifically means to feel ill from bathing or hot springs, whereas のぼせる is broader and covers general dizziness as well as figurative senses.

Word family

のぼせ
hot flash; rush of blood to the head

Written forms

Applies to each form listed below

gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

のぼせるUsage96%
It is usually written in kana; this is the safest everyday spelling.
逆上のぼせるUsage4%
Attested kanji spelling with a special reading; understandable, but kana is generally preferred.
上の気ぼせる
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; use mainly as a recognition/search variant.

Etymology

The exact historical derivation is uncertain. The meanings are naturally associated with something rising to the head, and the kanji spellings are conventional; the reading is usually written in kana.