野火
Chinese edit
field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild |
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (野火) | 野 | 火 | |
simp. #(野火) | 野 | 火 |
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野火
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Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
の Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 野 (no, “field”) + 火 (hi, “fire”).[1] The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
An ancient variant seen in eastern Japan uses the dialectal reading nu for 野.[1]
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(alternative reading hiragana ぬび, rōmaji nubi) (obsolete)
- a controlled burn set in early spring to clear away brush from mountain fields
- a wildfire
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- 燹 (rare)
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”) + 退く (soku, “to push away, to make distant”).[1]
The kun'yomi for 火 is usually hi, but it can appear as ho or fu, particularly in older compounds.[1]
The soku changes to soke due to conjugation of the verb. Grammatically, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of soki was used for intransitive senses, and the stem form of soke was used for the transitive senses.[1]
The kanji 野火 are an example of jukujikun.
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- a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material
Usage notes edit
The more common word for this is 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi).[1]
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Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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野 | 火 |
や Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 1 |
goon |
From Middle Chinese 野火 (yæX xwaX, literally “open country + fire”).
Pronunciation edit
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- a controlled burn set to clear away brush from fields
- a fire set in a field
- a wildfire
- a will o' the wisp
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- (controlled agricultural burn; wildfire): 燎原 (ryōgen)
- (will o' the wisp): 鬼火 (onibi), 狐火 (kitsunebi), 狐日 (kitsunebi), 陰火 (inka), 幽霊火 (yūreibi), 不知火 (shiranui)