"放火" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ho̞ːka̠] Forms: 放火 [canonical] (ruby: (ほう), ()), hōka [romanization], faukwa [romanization], はうくわ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 放火 (MC pjangH xwaX, “let loose” + “fire”). Compare modern Chinese 放火 (fànghuǒ). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほうか}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|放火|let loose” + “fire|id=2,1}} 放火 (MC pjangH xwaX, “let loose” + “fire”), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|放火}} 放火 (fànghuǒ) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほうか|hhira=はうくわ}} 放(ほう)火(か) • (hōka) ^(←はうくわ (faukwa)?)
  1. arson, setting fire to something Derived forms: 放火狂: pyromania (hōkakyō) (ruby: (ほう), (), (きょう)), 放火罪: arson (hōkazai) (ruby: (ほう), (), (ざい)) (english: the crime of), 放火者: an arsonist (hōkasha) (ruby: (ほう), (), (しゃ)), 放火犯人: an arsonist (hōka hannin) (ruby: (ほう), (), (はん), (にん)), 放火魔 (hōkama) (ruby: (ほう), (), ()) (english: a habitual arsonist)
    Sense id: en-放火-ja-noun-bjM3QIVz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52

Verb

IPA: [ho̞ːka̠]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 放火 (MC pjangH xwaX, “let loose” + “fire”). Compare modern Chinese 放火 (fànghuǒ). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほうか}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|放火|let loose” + “fire|id=2,1}} 放火 (MC pjangH xwaX, “let loose” + “fire”), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|放火}} 放火 (fànghuǒ) Forms: 放火する [canonical] (ruby: (ほう), ()), hōka suru [romanization], faukwa [romanization], 放火し [stem] (ruby: (ほう), ()), 放火した [past] (ruby: (ほう), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 放火し [error-unrecognized-form], ほうかし [error-unrecognized-form], hōka shi [error-unrecognized-form], 放火する [error-unrecognized-form], ほうかする [error-unrecognized-form], hōka suru [error-unrecognized-form], 放火すれ [error-unrecognized-form], ほうかすれ [error-unrecognized-form], hōka sure [error-unrecognized-form], 放火せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 放火しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ほうかせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ほうかしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], hōka seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], hōka shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 放火される [passive], ほうかされる [passive], hōka sareru [passive], 放火させる [causative], 放火さす [causative], ほうかさせる [causative], ほうかさす [causative], hōka saseru [causative], hōka sasu [causative], 放火できる [potential], ほうかできる [potential], hōka dekiru [potential], 放火しよう [volitional], ほうかしよう [volitional], hōka shiyō [volitional], 放火しない [negative], ほうかしない [negative], hōka shinai [negative], 放火せず [continuative, negative], ほうかせず [continuative, negative], hōka sezu [continuative, negative], 放火します [formal], ほうかします [formal], hōka shimasu [formal], 放火した [perfective], ほうかした [perfective], hōka shita [perfective], 放火して [conjunctive], ほうかして [conjunctive], hōka shite [conjunctive], 放火すれば [conditional, hypothetical], ほうかすれば [conditional, hypothetical], hōka sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to set fire to something
    Sense id: en-放火-ja-verb-LH5NxZAG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 44 56

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      "form": "放火しよう",
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      "form": "ほうかしよう",
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      "form": "hōka shiyō",
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      "form": "放火しない",
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      "form": "hōka shinai",
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      "form": "放火します",
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      "form": "ほうかします",
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      "form": "hōka shimasu",
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      "form": "放火した",
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