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sultry
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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. sultryRtK
  2. hot
    彼は部下と馬を引き連れ雪山を越え暑い谷へといった。He led his men and horses over snowy mountains and down into hot valleys.tatoeba
    彼は部屋が蒸し暑すぎると文句を言った。He complained about the room being too hot and humid.tatoeba
  3. summer heat
  1. warm
  2. heated
  3. passionate

Popular Usage

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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1350

Compound words

暑いあつい
hot; warm; sultry; heated; passionate
蒸し暑いむしあつい
humid; sultry
酷暑こくしょ
intense heat; severe heat
残暑ざんしょ
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
暑さあつさ
heat (of the weather); hotness
暑中しょちゅう
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
避暑ひしょ
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
猛暑もうしょ
heat wave; fierce heat
暑中見舞しょちゅうみまい
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
炎暑えんしょ
heat wave
寒暑かんしょ
hot and cold
劇暑げきしょ
severe heat
激暑げきしょ
severe heat
厳暑げんしょ
extreme heat
向暑こうしょ
approach of the hot season
小暑しょうしょ
"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)
溽暑じょくしょ
sultry
暑がりあつがり
being sensitive to the heat
暑中伺しょちゅううかがい
summer greeting card
蒸暑いむしあつい
humid
暑中伺いしょちゅううかがい
summer greeting card
長く暑い夏ながくあついなつ
Long, hot summer (of 1967, when race riots occurred in many cities in the US)

Additional Examples

彼は暑さのために食欲がなかった。
He had no appetite because of the heat.tatoeba
彼は暑さに当てられた。
He was affected by the heat.tatoeba
七月の暑い盛り、高津神社の祭礼の宵宮である。
The eve of a festival vigil at Takatsu-jinja Shrine in the heat of July.wiki
一年で最も暑い時期に、相手の健康を気遣うことである。
It means caring health of others in the hottest season of the year.wiki

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