炎上
Chinese
| flame; inflammation; ‑itis | up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (炎上) | 炎 | 上 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 炎上
Pronunciation
Noun
炎上
- (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic) drawing intense debate; receiving heated criticism
Verb
炎上
- (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic) to draw intense debate; to receive heated criticism
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 炎 | 上 |
| えん Grade: S | じょう Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
炎上 (hiragana えんじょう, rōmaji enjō)
- going up in flames, to be consumed in flames (especially for a building)
- (Internet) of a topic, receiving immense amounts of negative attention
Verb
炎上する (intransitive, suru conjugation, hiragana えんじょうする, rōmaji enjō suru)
- to go up in flames, to be destroyed by fire
- (Internet) of a topic, to receive immense amounts of negative attention
- (baseball) of a pitcher, to have the opposite team score a lot
Conjugation
Conjugation of "炎上する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 炎上し | えんじょうし | enjō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 炎上し | えんじょうし | enjō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 炎上する | えんじょうする | enjō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 炎上する | えんじょうする | enjō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 炎上すれ | えんじょうすれ | enjō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 炎上せよ¹ 炎上しろ² | えんじょうせよ¹ えんじょうしろ² | enjō seyo¹ enjō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 炎上される | えんじょうされる | enjō sareru | |
| Causative | 炎上させる 炎上さす | えんじょうさせる えんじょうさす | enjō saseru enjō sasu | |
| Potential | 炎上できる | えんじょうできる | enjō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 炎上しよう | えんじょうしよう | enjō shiyō | |
| Negative | 炎上しない | えんじょうしない | enjō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 炎上せず | えんじょうせず | enjō sezu | |
| Formal | 炎上します | えんじょうします | enjō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 炎上した | えんじょうした | enjō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 炎上して | えんじょうして | enjō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 炎上すれば | えんじょうすれば | enjō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||