See also: 白热

Chinese edit

 
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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

白熱

  1. (literally and figuratively) white heat; incandescence

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はく)(ねつ) (hakunetsuはくねつ (fakunetu)?

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

Verb edit

(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 edit

References edit

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