How to say "glowing" in Japanese

• 熱情的ねつじょうてき
  na-adjectiveCovers the figurative sense of 'glowing' — glowing with enthusiasm or passion rather than literal heat; it also means vehement or highly enthusiastic. A less common word, so seldom the one a learner reaches for.
• ほかほか
  no-adjective, na-adjective, adverb (with と), suru verbCovers the literal sense: glowing with warmth, as when the body is comfortably warm or food is steaming, piping hot. A mimetic word for pleasant physical warmth, and a less common one.

Choose 熱情的 for the figurative sense of glowing — fervent and enthusiastic, as in glowing praise — and 「ほかほか」 for the literal, physical sense of being comfortably or piping warm, glowing with warmth rather than with emotion.

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• 熱情的ねつじょうてきglowing
• ほかほかcomfortably warm