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焼き打ち (やきうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
setting on fire ; arson attack ; burning down
Refers to deliberately setting fire to a building, structure, or area, often in a military or historical context (e.g., burning a castle or enemy camp). Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
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The history book records that the village was burned down.
Written forms 焼や き 打う ち Usage 26%
Standard modern spelling with okurigana. This is the most common written form.
焼や き 討う ち Usage 32%
Alternate kanji for the second element, also seen in historical contexts.
焼やき 打うち Usage 26%
Abbreviated form without okurigana, mostly found in older texts.
焼やき 討う ち Usage 11%
Rare variant combining alternate kanji and reduced okurigana.
焼やき 打う ち Usage 3%
Less common variant without okurigana on the first element.
焼討やきうち Usage 1%
Abbreviated form without okurigana, mostly found in older texts.
Kanji 討 chastise, attack, defeat Similar words 放ほう 火か 放火 is the modern legal term for arson, while 焼き打ち carries a historical or military nuance of a deliberate attack by fire.
火ひ 付つ け 火付け is a more general term for setting a fire or arson, often used in criminal contexts, whereas 焼き打ち implies a larger-scale destructive act, typically in warfare.
Etymology Compound of 焼き (yaki, 'burning', the continuative form of 焼く yaku) and 打ち (uchi, 'striking, attacking', the continuative form of 打つ utsu). The combination literally means 'burning attack'.
