"火事" meaning in Japanese

See 火事 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ʑi], [kʷa̠ɕi̥] [Kagoshima] Forms: 火事 [canonical] (ruby: 火(か), 事(じ)), kaji [romanization], kwazi [romanization], くわじ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Old Japanese 火事 (pi₂ no₂ ko₂to₂) (now spelled as 火の事 (hi no koto)), later read with 音読み (on'yomi). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ojp|火事|sort=かじ|tr=pi₂ no₂ ko₂to₂}} Old Japanese 火事 (pi₂ no₂ ko₂to₂) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かじ|hhira=くわじ}} 火(か)事(じ) • (kaji) ^(←くわじ (kwazi)?)
  1. a fire (damaging occurrence of fire) Related terms: 大火事 (ōkaji) (ruby: 大(おお), 火(か), 事(じ)) (english: big fire), 山火事 (yamakaji) (ruby: 山(やま), 火(か), 事(じ)) (english: highland fire), 火災 (kasai) (ruby: 火(か), 災(さい))
    Sense id: en-火事-ja-noun-IM6HIzFc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fire Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fire: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 火事 [canonical] (ruby: 火事(くゎし)), kwashi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|くゎし}} 火事(くゎし) • (kwashi)
  1. (Kagoshima) a fire (damaging occurrence of fire) Tags: Kagoshima
    Sense id: en-火事-ja-noun-IM6HIzFc1 Categories (other): Kagoshima Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fire Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fire: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 火事 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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