熱（ねつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: fever
Example sentences
- 高い熱があるので早めに寝る。 — I have a high fever, so I'm going to bed early.
- 薬を飲んだが、熱がなかなか下がらない。 — I took medicine, but my fever just won't go down.
Idioms & proverbs containing “熱”
- 鉄は熱いうちに打て (てつはあついうちにうて) — strike while the iron is hot
- 鉄は熱いうちに鍛えよ (てつはあついうちにきたえよ) — strike while the iron is hot
- 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる (のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる) — danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)
- 焦熱地獄 (しょうねつじごく) — burning hell; inferno
- 頭寒足熱 (ずかんそくねつ) — keeping the head cool and feet warm
- 熱を上げる (ねつをあげる) — to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
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