はくねつ
Hakunetsu
白熱 (Hakunetsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “white heat, incandescence, (emitting) white light, white glow”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbwhite heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; white glow
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbecoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
Examples
議論は白熱していた。
The discussion was heated.
それは白熱した試合だった。誰もが興奮していた。
That was an exciting game. Everybody was excited.
村の人たちが自然環境に関して話した議論は白熱した。
The discussion the villagers had on the environment was quite lively.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).