Learn Japanese: 1 Minute Japanese - Atsui! Hot, Hot, Thick

1 Minute Japanese: Sometimes different kanji are used for the same pronunciation to show a shade of meaning. Today we will look at the four kanji for あつい atsui and try to clear up some confusion.




For Upper Beginners (but beginners may get something out of it too!)
暑い hot (weather)
熱い hot (to the touch)
厚い thick
篤い deep, strong

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[damiaez1042]

XD

Atsui Inu! XDD

But at first I thought 'Dog' was supposed to be 'Ken'...

0~0""" ^^;

[thejapanshop]

'ken' is a on reading ('Chinese' pronunciation) and 'inu' is the kun reading (native 'Japanese' pronunciation)

[Remichan99]

"And no, atsui inu isn't hot dog" That bit was funny.

[thejapanshop]

:)  Thanks!

[mysticalelf233]

wow that makes sense ^_^

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[hado123]

Hot Dog isn't Atsui Inu?

Damn, damn, damn, damn.

[XBokuNoKuroiMayuX]

ホット・ドッグ

Hotto Doggu.

Hot Dog.

[mustanco]

how can you know know what a person wants to say by atsui cus it has 3 senses?!?!

[ilike3or4]

Atsui Inu blows my mind away!

[misHaveanoreo]

i love that guy.. his way of telling jokes is cute lmao

[kino261988]

what if you don't know that hotdog is not atsui inu..

Japanese: ittadaikimasu...

You: ittadaikimasu! Watashi wa Atsui inu daisuki...

Japanese: ehhh! atsui inu? wakari masen.

You: atsui inu!... kore wa atsui inu!.

Japanese: sore wa atsui inu imasen. sore wa Hotto doggou desu.

[MsAnimelover4life]

this is really cool

[MsAnimelover4life]

@damiaez1042 nice naruto picture

[manhidnatao]

hahahha hotdog part made mee lauugh XDDD hilariouus =))))

[hanzo2001]

@animesport226148 mizu is water, oyu is hot water, also water for tea

水　を　飲む　drink water

お湯　を　沸く　boil the water (for tea)

for references use jisho.org/

[spiritumsantorini]

Atsui inu xD LOL

[animesport226148]

Slightly off topic.. but I thought that mizu = water?

are there several ways to say "water" as well?