火ひ

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉に火ひをつけるto light something on fire

  ろうそくに火ひをつけた。

  I lit the candle.

• 火ひを消けすto put out a fire

  水みずをかけて火ひを消けした。

  I doused it with water to put out the fire.

• 火ひが消きえるfor a fire to go out (on its own)

  風かぜで火ひが消きえてしまった。

  The fire went out because of the wind.

• 火ひにあたるto warm oneself by a fire

  みんなで焚たき火びの火ひにあたった。

  We all warmed ourselves by the bonfire.

• 〈物もの〉を火ひにかけるto put something on the heat/stove

  鍋なべを火ひにかけて温あたためた。

  I put the pot on the heat to warm it up.

• 〈物もの〉に火ひを通とおすto cook something thoroughly by heating it

  肉にくによく火ひを通とおしてから食たべてください。

  Please make sure the meat is cooked all the way through before eating.

Expressions· 35

• 火ひの車くるまfiery chariot; hell-bound chariot · dire financial straits; desperate money troubles
• 火ひの手てflames; blaze; fire · attack; aggression
• 下した火びになるdie down (fire); be brought under control (fire) · decline; wane; fall off; go out of fashion
• 火ひに油あぶらfuel to the fire; adding fuel to the fire
• 火ひの元もとsource of fire; place where fire could start

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