JLPT N5 · い-adjective

熱い (atsui)

熱い (あつい, atsui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “hot (to the touch)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あつい
Romaji: atsui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

hot (to the touch) · い-adjective
passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze) · い-adjective
hot (e.g. temper) · い-adjective
zealous; enthusiastic; fired up · い-adjective
intense; severe; extreme · い-adjective

Example sentences

スープは熱いうちに召し上がって下さい。

Eat your soup while it is hot.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 熱い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	熱い	あつい atsui
Negative	熱くない	あつくない atsukunai
Past	熱かった	あつかった atsukatta
Negative past	熱くなかった	あつくなかった atsukunakatta
Te-form	熱くて	あつくて atsukute
Adverb (~ku)	熱く	あつく atsuku
Conditional (~ba)	熱ければ	あつければ atsukereba

Kanji in 熱い

熱

heat, temperature, feverネツ・あつ.い · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 熱い.

熱ねつheat熱心ねっしんzealous熱帯ねったいtropics熱中ねっちゅうbeing enthusiastic about加熱かねつheating熱意ねついzeal熱湯ねっとうboiling water情熱じょうねつpassion光熱費こうねつひcost of fuel and lighting熱量ねつりょうquantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1467720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.