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野火
野火
Chinese
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
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fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
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simp. and trad. (野火) |
野 | 火 |
Noun
野火
- wildfire
- farm fire (for clearing fields)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
の Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 野 (no, “field”) + 火 (hi, “fire”).[1]The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
An ancient variant seen in eastern Japan uses the dialectal reading nu for 野.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
野火 (hiragana のび, romaji nobi)
(alternative reading hiragana ぬび, romaji nubi) (obsolete)
Alternative forms
- 燹 (rare)
Synonyms
- (controlled agricultural burn): 野焼き (noyaki)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”) + 退く (soku, “to push away, to make distant”).[1]
The kun'yomi for 火 is usually hi, but it can appear as ho or fu, particularly in older compounds.[1]
The soku changes to soke due to conjugation of the verb. Grammatically, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of soki was used for intransitive senses, and the stem form of soke was used for the transitive senses.[1]
The kanji 野火 are an example of jukujikun.
Pronunciation
Noun
野火 (hiragana ほそけ, romaji hosoke) (rare)
- a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material
Alternative forms
- 火退 (rare)
- 逆焼 (rare)
- 燹 (rare)
Usage notes
The more common word for this is 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi).[1]
Synonyms
- 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
や Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 野火 (yæX xwaX, literally “open country + fire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
野火 (hiragana やか, romaji yaka, historical hiragana やくわ)
- a controlled burn set to clear away brush from fields
- a fire set in a field
- a wildfire
- a will o' the wisp
Synonyms
- (controlled agricultural burn; wildfire): 燎原 (ryōgen)
- (will o' the wisp): 鬼火 (onibi), 狐火 (kitsunebi), 狐日 (kitsunebi), 陰火 (inka), 幽霊火 (yūreibi), 不知火 (shiranui)