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火災

火災

See also: 火灾

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 disaster; calamity
trad. (火災) 火 災
simp. (火灾) 火 灾

Noun

火災

  1. fire (as a disaster); conflagration

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 災
か
Grade: 1 		さい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwasai/ → /kasai/

From Middle Chinese compound 火災 ‎(xwaX tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

Pronunciation

Noun

火災 ‎(hiragana かさい, romaji kasai, historical hiragana くわさい)

  1. fire, conflagration (as in a disaster)
  2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

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References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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