火
カ
ひ • -び • ほ-
fire
Words
送り火
おくりび
- ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon) n
戦火
せんか
- wartime fire n
- war; wartime destruction; horrors of war n
切火
きりび
- striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. n
- purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck) n
石火
せっか
- flint fire; flash n
聖エルモの火
せいエルモのひ
- St Elmo's fire n