Chinese

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flame; inflammation; ‑itis
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
trad. (炎上)
simp. #(炎上)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 炎上(えんじょう) (enjō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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炎上

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic) drawing intense debate; roast; receiving heated criticism

Verb

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炎上

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic or a person) to draw intense debate; to receive heated criticism

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えん)(じょう) (enjōえんじやう (enzyau)?

  1. going up in flames, to be consumed in flames (especially for a building)
  2. (Internet, of a topic) receiving immense amounts of negative attention

Verb

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(えん)(じょう)する (enjō suruえんじやう (enzyau)?intransitive suru (stem (えん)(じょう) (enjō shi), past (えん)(じょう)した (enjō shita))

  1. to go up in flames, to be destroyed by fire
  2. (Internet, of a topic), to receive immense amounts of negative attention; roast
  3. (baseball, of a pitcher) to have the opposite team score a lot

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN