薪

Meaning

薪 centers on material burned for heat or energy: firewood, kindling, or fuel in general.

• 薪まき

  piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)

• 薪割りまきわり

  hatchet; axe

• 臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたん

  going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

• 薪能たきぎのう

  noh theater performed at night by a fire

• 薪炭しんたん

  wood and charcoal; fuel

• 御薪みかまぎ

  kindling burned in shrines and temples

• 柴薪さいしん

  brushwood and firewood

• 薪を抱いて火を救うたきぎをいだいてひをすくう

  having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling

• 薪ストーブまきストーブ

  wood-burning stove; wood stove

• 薪入れたきぎいれ

  wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder

• 薪小屋まきごや

  woodshed

• 薪拾いたきぎひろい

  firewood gathering

• 薪水しんすい

  fuel and water; firewood and water

• 薪水の労しんすいのろう

  menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly

• 薪水給与令しんすいきゅうよれい

  Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

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