小火

Japanese

Etymology

From 小 ("small") + 火 ("fire")

• see 義訓, gikun

or from 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 火 (ka, "fire")

Noun

小火 (hiragana ぼや, romaji boya)

小火 (hiragana しょうか, romaji shōka)

1. small fire

Usage notes

• boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka