火
Meanings
Noun
1. fire; flame; blaze
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ひ
Used in vocabulary
飛び火
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved
Noun
火遊び
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; playing around (with someone); flirting; having an affair
Noun
火入れ
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); kindling; igniting; pasteurization
Noun
火祭
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
Noun
Examples149
いす
Draw your chair closer to the fire.
人間
Man is the only animal that uses fire.
それ
Get it and put it on the fire.
しかし
But in the end he put the book on the fire.
うちの
A fire broke out in a neighborhood hotel.
人類
Only man knows how to use fire.