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sweating, perspiration
The physiological process of producing sweat. Used in medical, health, and scientific contexts more often than the everyday word 汗.
運動で発汗する。
To sweat from exercise.
発汗作用のある薬を処方された。
I was prescribed medicine with a diaphoretic effect.
サウナに入ると大量に発汗して、体がすっきりする。
When you go into a sauna, you sweat a lot and your body feels refreshed.
USAGE:
A technical/formal term for sweating. In everyday conversation, 汗をかく is far more common. 発汗 appears mainly in medical, health, and sports science contexts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 発汗作用: diaphoretic effect
- 発汗を促す: to promote sweating
- 大量の発汗: profuse sweating
- 発汗量: amount of perspiration