暑い

• 読み: あつい
• ローマ字: atsui
• 漢字の分解: 暑 (sho/atsu) — hot (weather)
• 発音: /a.t͡sɯ.i/

意味

Hot; warm; sultry. Describes hot weather or ambient temperature.

An i-adjective describing hot weather or climate. Important to distinguish from 熱い (atsui), which describes hot objects or liquids you can touch. 暑い is exclusively for atmospheric heat. Conjugates as 暑くない (not hot), 暑かった (was hot). Japanese summers are famously hot and humid.

例文

1. 今日はとても暑いですね。
2. 夏は暑いので毎日アイスを食べます。
3. 昨日より暑くないです。

使い方ガイド

場面: weather, seasons, daily conversation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 暑 combines 日 (sun) with 者 (person/thing), suggesting the heat of the sun beating down. Used since Old Japanese for weather-related heat.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal