noun
mosquito-repelling fire; smudge fire
A traditional outdoor fire that produces dense smoke to drive away mosquitoes. Often associated with summer evenings in Japan.
夏の夕方、庭で蚊遣りを焚いた。
On a summer evening, we burned a mosquito-repelling fire in the garden.
Irregular okurigana usage; the kanji 燻 means 'smolder' or 'fumigate', but this spelling is not standard.
Compound of 蚊 (ka, 'mosquito') and 遣り (yari, the continuative form of 遣る yaru, 'to send away'). Literally 'mosquito dispatching'.