熱波(ねっぱ)

ねっぱ
noun
heat wave
1. heat wave; hot spell
An extended period of abnormally hot weather that affects a region. Often used in news reports about extreme weather events.
熱波(ねっぱ)が続(つづ)いている。
The heat wave continues.
ヨーロッパを記録的(きろくてき)な熱波(ねっぱ)が襲(おそ)った。
A record-breaking heat wave hit Europe.
熱波(ねっぱ)の影響(えいきょう)で熱中症(ねっちゅうしょう)の患者(かんじゃ)が急増(きゅうぞう)している。
The number of heatstroke patients is surging due to the heat wave.

A meteorological term that has become increasingly common in Japanese news as extreme heat events grow more frequent. The term combines 熱(ねつ) (heat) and 波(は/ぱ) (wave).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 熱波(ねっぱ)が襲(おそ)う — a heat wave strikes
  • 熱波(ねっぱ)の影響(えいきょう) — the effects of a heat wave
  • 記録的(きろくてき)な熱波(ねっぱ) — a record heat wave

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 猛暑(もうしょ) — intense heat, severe heat (describes the heat itself, not the weather pattern)
  • 酷暑(こくしょ) — extreme/brutal heat (stronger than 猛暑(もうしょ))
  • 寒波(かんぱ) — cold wave (the opposite weather phenomenon)
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Added 2026.3.27 9:16
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