Illustration: Inside a neighborhood community hall, spectators erupt as two amateur table-tennis finalists sustain an improbable rally. Children lean forward with clenched fists, older residents rise halfway from their chairs, and friends cheer with open mouths and raised arms.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

熱ねっ気き

nekki

excitement, enthusiasm

Example sentences

  1. 会議かいぎは熱気ねっきに包つつまれていた。

    There was an air of excitement at the meeting.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その部屋へやは参加者さんかしゃの熱気ねっきでムンムンしていた。

    The air in that room was thick with the enthusiasm of the participants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 熱気ねっきを感かんじた。

    We felt the enthusiasm (from the public).

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 熱気

  • 熱heat; feverOnネツKunあつい
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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