noun
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.
火鑽りは、縄文時代から使われていた火起こしの道具だ。
The hand drill is a fire-starting tool that has been used since the Jomon period.
キャンプで火鑽りに挑戦したが、なかなか火がつかなかった。
I tried fire-starting with a hand drill while camping, but it was hard to get a fire going.
Simpler kanji spelling using 切 for the drilling/cutting motion. Seen in some contexts.
Compound of 火 (hi, 'fire') and 鑽り (kiri, 'drilling'), from the verb 鑽る (kiru, 'to drill'). The spelling 火切り uses 切る (kiru, 'to cut') as a phonetic substitute.