白熱

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See also: 白热

Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
heat; to heat up; fervent
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
 
trad. (白熱)
simp. (白热)

Etymology

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Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 白熱(はくねつ) (hakunetsu).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白熱

  1. (literally and figuratively) white heat; incandescence

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
ねつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はく)(ねつ) (hakunetsuはくねつ (fakunetu)?

  1. white heat
  2. (figuratively) becoming heated (impassioned)

Verb

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(はく)(ねつ)する (hakunetsu suruはくねつ (fakunetu)?suru (stem (はく)(ねつ) (hakunetsu shi), past (はく)(ねつ)した (hakunetsu shita))

  1. to emit white heat
  2. (figuratively) to become heated (impassioned)
    議論(ぎろん)白熱(はくねつ)した
    Giron ga hakunetsu shita.
    The discussion became heated.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN