火事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	事
か Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

kwaji > kaji.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かじ [káꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑi]
Homophones: 家事, 舵, 鍛冶
(Kagoshima) IPA^(key): [kʷa̠ɕi̥]

Noun

火事 (hiragana かじ, rōmaji kaji, historical hiragana くわじ)

fire (as a disaster); conflagration

See also

消 (しょう)防 (ぼう)署 (しょ) (shōbōsho): fire station
消 (しょう)防 (ぼう) (shōbō): firefighting

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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