飛とび火ひ

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飛び火する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	飛とび火ひする	飛とび火ひしない
Polite	飛とび火ひします	飛とび火ひしません
Past polite	飛とび火ひしました	飛とび火ひしませんでした
Past	飛とび火ひした	飛とび火ひしなかった
Te-form	飛とび火ひして	飛とび火ひしないで
Desire	飛とび火ひしたい	飛とび火ひしたくない
Potential	飛とび火ひできる	飛とび火ひできない
Passive	飛とび火ひされる	飛とび火ひされない
Causative	飛とび火ひさせる	飛とび火ひさせない
Causative passive	飛とび火ひさせられる	飛とび火ひさせられない
Volitional	飛とび火ひしよう
Polite volitional	飛とび火ひしましょう
Imperative	飛とび火ひしろ	飛とび火ひするな
Conditional	飛とび火ひすれば	飛とび火ひしなければ
Tara conditional	飛とび火ひしたら	飛とび火ひしなかったら

Meanings

noun

leaping flames; flying sparks

Refers to sparks or flames that jump from a fire to ignite something else. Often used in fire-safety contexts.

強きょう風ふうで飛とび火ひが隣となりの家いえに燃もえ移うつった。
Leaping flames carried by the strong wind spread to the neighboring house.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

spread of fire (from leaping flames)

Describes the phenomenon or process of fire spreading via airborne sparks or embers. Can be used as a noun or intransitive suru-verb.

火か災さいが飛とび火ひして、広こう範はん囲いに被ひ害がいが出でた。
The fire spread by leaping flames, causing damage over a wide area.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

spillover; unexpected repercussions; spreading to uninvolved parties

Figurative extension of the fire metaphor. Used when an incident or problem affects people or areas not originally involved. Common in news about scandals, economic troubles, or conflicts.

不ふ祥しょう事じの飛とび火ひで、関かん係けいのない部ぶ署しょまで調ちょう査さが入はいった。
Due to the spillover from the scandal, even unrelated departments came under investigation.
貿ぼう易えき摩ま擦さつが他た業ぎょう界かいに飛とび火ひした。
The trade friction spilled over into other industries.

noun

impetigo contagiosa

colloquialusually written using kana alone

Colloquial term for the skin infection impetigo. Usually written in kana (とびひ). The name comes from the way blisters seem to 'jump' to other parts of the body.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に飛とび火ひするfor a fire (or trouble) to spread/spill over to a place
火か事じは隣となりの工こう場じょうにも飛とび火ひした。
The fire spread by flying sparks to the factory next door.
〈事こと〉が〈人ひと〉に飛とび火ひするfor a scandal or problem to spill over onto an uninvolved person
汚お職しょく事じ件けんの影えい響きょうが政せい治じ家か仲なか間まにも飛とび火ひした。
The fallout from the corruption case spread to affect fellow politicians as well.
飛とび火ひを防ふせぐto prevent flying sparks from igniting something else
消しょう防ぼう士したちは飛とび火ひを防ふせぐために周しゅう辺へんの草くさを刈かった。
The firefighters cut the surrounding grass to prevent flying sparks from spreading the fire.
〈人ひと〉に飛とび火ひができるfor someone to develop impetigo
子こ供どもの顔かおに飛とび火ひができてしまった。
My child ended up getting impetigo on their face.

Kanji

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
火fire

Related words

延えん焼しょう sense 2
延焼 is the general term for fire spreading from one building or area to another, while 飛び火 specifically emphasizes spread via flying sparks or embers.
波は及きゅう sense 3
波及 is a broad, gradual ripple effect of influence or trouble, while 飛び火 implies a sudden, unexpected jump of a problem to an uninvolved party.
飛とび散ちる sense 1
飛び散る is a verb meaning sparks or debris scatter about, while 飛び火 is the noun for sparks that leap and ignite something new.
膿のう痂か疹しん sense 4
膿痂疹 is the formal medical term for impetigo, while 飛び火 is the everyday, colloquial name for the same skin condition.
類るい焼しょう sense 2
類焼 describes a fire spreading to and burning neighboring houses, whereas 飛び火 focuses on the mechanism of sparks jumping to ignite something new, near or far.

Built from

飛とぶ+火ひ

Written forms

飛とび火ひUsage66%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses. High frequency in news contexts.
とびひUsage23%
Kana spelling is usual for the medical sense (impetigo).
飛とび火ひUsage11%
Less common variant; the same reading and meanings.

Etymology

Compound of 飛び (tobi, 'jumping') + 火 (hi, 'fire'). The medical sense derives from the metaphor of blisters 'jumping' across the skin.