(はっかん)

はっかん
noun / suru verb
sweating, perspiration
1. sweating, perspiration
The physiological process of producing sweat. Used in medical, health, and scientific contexts more often than the everyday word (あせ).
運動(うんどう)発汗(はっかん)する。
To sweat from exercise.
発汗(はっかん)作用(さよう)のある(くすり)処方(しょほう)された。
I was prescribed medicine with a diaphoretic effect.
サウナに(はい)ると大量(たいりょう)発汗(はっかん)して、(からだ)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, (あせ)をかく is far more common. 発汗(はっかん) appears mainly in medical, health, and sports science contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 発汗(はっかん)作用(さよう): diaphoretic effect
  • 発汗(はっかん)(うなが)す: to promote sweating
  • 大量(たいりょう)発汗(はっかん): profuse sweating
  • 発汗(はっかん)(りょう): amount of perspiration