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熱中

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

熱中 — “being absorbed in, enthusiasm, mania”

熱中 (read ねっちゅう) means being absorbed in, enthusiasm, mania. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ねっちゅう

Meaning

being absorbed in, enthusiasm, mania

熱中 in a sentence

ゲームに熱中ねっちゅうする。

To be absorbed in a game.

The kanji in 熱中

熱hot; fever
中middle; inside

Words that share a kanji with 熱中

熱いあつい— hot (objects)
熱心ねっしん— enthusiastic, eager, devoted
熱ねつ— fever, heat
熱帯ねったい— the tropics, tropical zone
熱するねっする— to heat, to heat up
加熱かねつ— heating, applying heat
～中～じゅう— during, while
中なか— inside, middle, among

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