山火事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	火	事
やま Grade: 1	か Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 火事 (kaji, “fire”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまかじ [yàmákájí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) やまか​じ [yàmákáꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ka̠ʑi]

Noun

山(やま)火(か)事(じ) • (yamakaji) ^{←やまくわじ (yamakwazi)?}

1. wildfire (rapidly spreading fire)