hand drill for fire-starting; fire-starting by rubbing sticks
Refers to both the tool and the traditional method of starting a fire by rotating a wooden stick against a base. Often associated with ancient or ritual contexts.
The hand drill is a fire-starting tool that has been used since the Jomon period.
I tried fire-starting with a hand drill while camping, but it was hard to get a fire going.
火起こし is a general term for fire-starting, while 火鑽り specifically refers to the hand-drill method.
舞錐 is a pump drill, a more advanced fire-starting tool, whereas 火鑽り is a simpler hand-rotated drill.
Standard kanji spelling for the fire-starting tool and technique. The okurigana り makes the reading ひきり clear.
Variant without okurigana; still read ひきり but less common.
Single-character form; rare and may be confused with other readings such as ひうち.
Simpler kanji spelling using 切 for the drilling/cutting motion. Seen in some contexts.
A compound of 火 “fire” and 鑽り, the nominal form of 鑽る “drill by rotation.” It denotes both the rotating fire drill and the act of producing fire with it.