熱あつい

also: あっつい

あ

つ

い

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

i-adjective

hot to the touch; heated

Used for objects, surfaces, food, drinks, bathwater, and similar things whose temperature feels hot. For hot weather or air, 暑い is the normal spelling.

Antonyms: 冷たい

この鍋なべは熱あついから気きをつけて。
Be careful, because this pot is hot.
コーヒーが熱あつすぎて

、

まだ

飲の

め

ない

。

The coffee is too hot, so I still can't drink it.

i-adjective

passionate; ardent; intense

Describes strong feelings, wishes, devotion, or a gaze charged with emotion, as in 熱い思い or 熱い視線.

Antonyms: 冷たい

彼かれは留りゅう学がくへの熱あつい思おもいを語かたった。
He spoke about his passionate desire to study abroad.
彼かの女じょは舞ぶ台たいの上うえの俳はい優ゆうに熱あつい視し線せんを送おくった。
She gave the actor on stage an ardent gaze.

i-adjective

hot-tempered; worked up; heated

Often appears as 熱くなる, meaning to become emotionally heated or worked up, especially in an argument or confrontation.

彼かれは議ぎ論ろんになるとすぐ熱あつくなる。
He quickly gets worked up when an argument starts.

i-adjective

enthusiastic; zealous; fired up

Describes a person or group that is highly committed and emotionally invested in an activity, goal, or cause.

部ぶ長ちょうは新しん人じん教きょう育いくに熱あつい。
The department manager is enthusiastic about training new employees.
チームは優ゆう勝しょうに向むけて熱あつくなっている。
The team is fired up as it aims for the championship.

i-adjective

intense; severe; extreme

Figurative use for the intensity of a battle, debate, exchange, competition, or similar situation; it does not refer to literal temperature.

決けっ勝しょう戦せんは最さい後ごまで熱あつい戦たたかいだった。
The final was an intense battle to the very end.
会かい議ぎでは熱あつい議ぎ論ろんが続つづいた。
The meeting continued with heated discussion.

i-adjective

hot; currently of interest; trending

Used in media and conversation for a topic, field, market, place, or product that is attracting attention right now.

この分ぶん野やはいま熱あつい。
This field is hot right now.
若わかい世せ代だいの間あいだで、昭しょう和わレトロが熱あつい。
Showa retro is attracting a lot of interest among younger people.

Written forms

熱いUsage99%
- あつい
  Standard spelling and reading for physical heat and figurative emotional or topical heat. Distinguish it from 暑い for hot weather or ambient heat.
- あっつい
  search-only kana form
  Attested search-only emphatic reading; it represents colloquial pronunciation of あつい, mainly for exclaiming that something is very hot.
アツイUsage1%
あっついUsage1%
search-only kana form
Colloquial emphatic kana spelling for very hot; avoid in standard writing except for dialogue or casual expression.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever

Similar words

暑あつい
Same pronunciation, but 暑い is used for hot weather, climate, rooms, or air; 熱い is for hot things and figurative passion or intensity.
冷つめたい
The main opposite for physical temperature, and also a figurative opposite for emotionally cold or unfeeling attitudes.
熱ねっ心しん
Means earnest or devoted, often with a steadier and more diligent nuance than the emotional, heated feeling of 熱い.

Etymology

Native adjective あつい written with 熱, the kanji conventionally associated with heat and fever. The spelling helps distinguish it from 暑い, used for hot weather or ambient heat; the deeper historical derivation is not specified.