Chinese
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bamboo frame for drying clothes |
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
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simp. and trad.
(篝火)
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篝
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火
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Noun
篝火
- bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 篝 (kagari, “iron basket for a fire”) + 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
篝火 (hiragana かがりび, romaji kagaribi)
- watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
- brothel-keeper in the Edo period
- 27th chapter of The Tale of Genji
Derived terms
References
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↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3