hot air / fever / enthusiasm

Kyūjitai form of 熱帯 (“tropics”)

knead (to work and press into a mass) / elaborate, work out (an idea etc.) / polish (refine; improve imperfections from) / soften, gloss (silk)

a mouse, a rat

boiling water

a children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

flannel

(attributive use) general; universal / (military) a general; an officer of the most senior rank

flame burning intensely

熱(あつ)火(び)子(こ)に払(はら)う (atsubi ko ni harau)