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平熱

へいねつ

normal body temperature

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Examples

  1. 熱が下がって平熱に戻った。

    ねつがさがってへいねつにもどった。

    The fever went down and my temperature returned to normal.

  2. 私の平熱は三十六度です。

    わたしのへいねつはさんじゅうろくどです。

    My normal temperature is thirty-six degrees.

  3. 朝は平熱だったのに、夕方から熱が出た。

    あさはへいねつだったのに、ゆうがたからねつがでた。

    My temperature was normal in the morning, but I developed a fever in the evening.

Common patterns

平熱に戻る
to return to normal temperature
平熱が高い
to have a high baseline temperature
平熱を測る
to take one's normal temperature

Memory tip

平 here means "ordinary", as in 平日. 平熱 is *your own* usual temperature, so it differs from person to person — hence the normal sentence 平熱が高い.

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