udaru yō na atsusa lit. ‘heat that makes you feel boiled’
Japanese idiom, everyday. It is extremely hot.
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How do people use うだるような暑さ
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Everyday, especially for sticky Japanese summers in the city. As a noun phrase it takes だ (“うだるような暑さだ”); to describe the weather directly, switch to ように + 暑い (“うだるように暑い”). Weather reports and essays use it as often as people do in conversation.
Also said うだるように暑い, うだる暑さ
うだるような暑さ
in real sentences
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うだるような暑さだ。
Udaru yō na atsusa da.
It’s boiling hot.
Tatoeba, sentence by CHNO, translation by brymck, CC BY 2.0 FR
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うだるように暑い。
Udaru yō ni atsui.
It’s sweltering.
Tatoeba, sentence by bunbuku, translation by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does うだるような暑さ
come from?
うだる is a variant of ゆだる (茹だる), to be boiled. Japanese Wiktionary gives its second sense as going limp in the heat as if boiled in hot water, which is the picture behind the phrase. There’s no date for when the boiling verb was first used about weather.
Mistakes learners make with うだるような暑さ
Pairing it with dry, sunny heat or a hot object. うだる is about you wilting in humid air, so “うだるようなストーブ” (a boiling stove) doesn’t work.
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