燐りん火か

noun

will-o'-the-wisp; phosphorescent light

Refers to a mysterious, flickering light seen at night over marshes or graveyards, traditionally attributed to supernatural causes but scientifically explained as spontaneous combustion of marsh gases. The term is somewhat literary or folkloric.

• 夜よるの墓ぼ地ちで燐りん火かを見みたという話はなしを聞きいた。

  I heard a story about seeing a will-o'-the-wisp in the graveyard at night.

• 燐りん火かは科か学がく的てきには自し然ぜん発はっ火か現げん象しょうとされる。

  Will-o'-the-wisps are scientifically considered a spontaneous combustion phenomenon.