It's too ___ or it's so ___.

[schwing]

I just walked outside and saw that it was 96 degrees outside and was wondering how one would say:

"It's so hot today" or "it's too hot today."

I'm sure I could probably use something like:

Kyou wa atsui desu.

but I would like to know how to emphasize the "hot" part.

Arigato gozaimasu!

-ken

[Bueller_007]

I just walked outside and saw that it was 96 degrees outside and was wondering how one would say:

"It's so hot today" or "it's too hot today."

I'm sure I could probably use something like:

Kyou wa atsui desu.

but I would like to know how to emphasize the "hot" part.

Arigato gozaimasu!

-ken

"totemo" is "very".
"amari ni mo" is "extremely" or "too".

But you'd probably sound more natural if you just said "nante atsui", "sugoi atsui" or "yabai atsui". (Good for informal situations.)

You can also suffix the adjectival base with the verb "sugiru" to indicate "too".

So "atsui" (hot) becomes "atsusugiru" (to be too hot). But I'm not sure that this would be used for weather. Perhaps only for room temperature.

[Alan]

It's been pretty hot in the UK the last couple of weeks. It was the hottest July on record. Fortunately it's cooled down a bit.

How about trying "nanto atsui n darou" 　（何と暑いんだろう。）

Alan

[Airth]

I was out walking my dog the other day and met a woman who had come up here to get away from the heat in Tokyo. She used a very interesting phrase:

殺人的な暑さ
satsujinteki na atsusa
"Murderous heat!"

Using satsujin (murderer) as an adjective satsujinteki(na) can be used in many other situations. For example, in Tokyo I sometimes heard:

殺人的なラッシュ
satsujinteki na rasshu
"Murderous rush hour!"

The novelty of the murderous rush hour in the murderous heat soon wore off, I can tell you.

[Brody]

^^^Awesome. Can't wait to use it.