ホットhotto

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounhot
    あやはホットピンクや電子でんしブルーや深ふか紫むらさきといった激はげしい色いろが好すきだ。↗
    Aya likes intense colors, such as hot pink, electric blue and deep purple.
  2. noun(hot) coffee
Conjugation
Plain formホット
Polite (desu)ホットです
Negative (dewa nai)ホットではない
polite (dewa arimasen)ホットではありません
Past (datta)ホットだった
Past negative (dewa nakatta)ホットではなかった
Te form (de)ホットで
Adverbial (ni)ホットに
Conditional (nara)ホットなら

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym熱いあついNeutralNeutral. The everyday word for high temperature or scorching heat, and also for passion; 「ホット」 is a loanword used mostly in compounds like 「ホットコーヒー」.
  • Related熱心ねっしんNeutralNeutral. Describes zealous dedication to something; 「ホット」 is mostly for hot drinks or trending topics.
  • Related熱烈ねつれつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Fervent, ardent intensity; 「ホット」 instead leans toward topics being hot.
  • Related熱情的ねつじょうてきNeutralNeutral. Full of burning passion; 「ホット」 is the more colloquial choice.
  • Related情熱的じょうねつてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Passionate, glowing with enthusiasm; 「ホット」 stays with temperature or hot topics.
  • Related熱っぽいねつっぽいCasualColloquial. A bit feverish, or keenly enthusiastic; 「ホット」 favors hot topics.
  • Related白熱的はくねつてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes matches or debates reaching a white-hot pitch; 「ホット」 mainly marks a topic as hot or trending.
  • AntonymコールドCasualColloquial loanword for cold, as in 「コールドドリンク」; the direct opposite of 「ホット」.
  • Antonym冷たいつめたいNeutralNeutral. Cold to the touch, or an icy, coldhearted attitude; stands opposite 「ホット」.
  • AntonymクールCasualColloquial loanword for cool — refreshing, calm, or stylish; the opposite of 「ホット」.

For hot drinks or hot topics use 「ホット」, as in 「ホットな話題」; for high temperature say 「熱い」, for eagerness 「熱心」, for fervor 「熱烈」. The opposites are 「コールド」 and 「冷たい」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 熱あつい。
  2. 新あたらしいさま。
  3. 激はげしいさま。
  4. 人気にんきがある、話題わだいである。
  5. ホットコーヒー。
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