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火災雲 (かさいぐも) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

火か災さい雲ぐも

Meanings

1

noun

fire cloud; pyrocumulus cloud; flammagenitus

rare term

Rare meteorological term for a cloud formed by intense heat from a fire or volcanic activity. Often used in technical or scientific contexts.

See also: 火災積雲

山やま火か事じの上じょう空くうに巨きょ大だいな火か災さい雲ぐもが発はっ生せいした。
A huge fire cloud formed above the wildfire.

Kanji

火fire
災disaster, calamity, woe
雲cloud

Similar words

火か災さい積せき雲うん
Synonym; 火災積雲 is an alternative term for the same phenomenon, also rare and technical.

Etymology

Compound of 火災 (kasai, 'fire disaster') and 雲 (kumo, 'cloud'), literally 'fire-disaster cloud'. The term is a direct calque of English 'fire cloud' or 'pyrocumulus'.