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nekketsu

nekketsu adjective: shounen media with great focus on fighting and friendship; battle shonen.

Adjective

nekketsu (comparative more nekketsu, superlative most nekketsu)

  1. shounen media with great focus on fighting and friendship; battle shonen
    • Death Note is shonen, but not nekketsu.

Forms of nekketsu

comparativemore nekketsu
superlativemost nekketsu

Origin of nekketsu

From Japanese 熱血 (“hot-blooded”).

Questions about nekketsu

What does nekketsu mean?
Nekketsu means shounen media with great focus on fighting and friendship; battle shonen.
What part of speech is nekketsu?
Nekketsu is an adjective.

Words near nekketsu in the dictionary

  1. NEJM
  2. nek
  3. Nekhbet
  4. Nekimi
  5. Nekkar
  6. nekketsu
  7. nekkid
  8. neknominate
  9. neknomination
  10. neko
  11. neko café

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