火
ひ
hepburn hi
fire
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 火が燃えています。Fire is burning.
- 火をつけてください。Please light a fire.
Collocations
火 (hi, fire)火をつける火を消す火事 (kaji, fire)花火 (hanabi, fireworks)
Mnemonic
Hi-fire (火) is "fire" — B + cluster (fire-festival and fireworks cultural cluster). Homophone with hi-day (日) separate entry. Cluster: (1) hanabi (fireworks — summer festival orthodox); (2) hi-matsuri (fire festival — Kyoto Kurama Hi-matsuri, Wakasa O-mizu-okuri); (3) gozan-okuribi (Aug 16 Kyoto 5-mountain large-character bonfire, ending o-bon); (4) kaji (fire accident); (5) takibi (campfire). Korean bul / hwajae and Chinese huo / huozai parallel; Japans hi-matsuri cluster cultural depth.
Quick check
Gozan-okuribi date?