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炎えん上じょう
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
Kanji used
炎intense flame上above
Pitch accent
えんじょう
Used in vocabulary
爆ばく発はつ炎えん上じょう
exploding in flames; erupting in flames
Noun
炎えん上じょう商しょう法ほう
outrage marketing (deliberately stirring up controversy to generate publicity); shock advertising
Noun
Examples5
The house was in flames.
The ship went up in flames.
He had the good fortune to be rescued from the burning building.
All of a sudden, the barn went up in flames.
All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.