火災

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	災

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Mandarin 火災 (huǒzāi).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [ka̠sa̠i]
• かさい [kàsáí] (Heiban)

Noun

火災 (hiragana かさい, romaji kasai, historical hiragana くゎさい)

1. a fire, a conflagration (as in a disaster)
2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

Derived terms

Derived terms

火災救助袋 (かさいきゅうじょぶくろ, kasai kyūjo-bukuro): a cloth escape chute installed in tall buildings in Japan to facilitate escape from a fire 火災警報 (かさいけいほう, kasai keihō): a fire alarm (a sound, not a device) 火災避難訓練 (かさいひなんくんれん, kasai hinan kunren): a fire drill 火災避難路 (かさいひなんろ, kasai hinanro): a fire escape, a fire escape route 火災保険 (かさいほけん, kasai hoken): fire insurance 火災報知機 (かさいほうちき, kasai hōchiki): a fire alarm (a device, not a sound) 火災予防条例 (かさいよぼうじょうれい, kasai yobō jōrei): a fire prevention law or ordinance, a fire code

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Mandarin

simpl.		火灾
trad.		火災

Noun

火災 (traditional, Pinyin huǒzāi, simplified 火灾)

1. fire (as a disaster), conflagration

   森林火災

   sēnlín huǒzāi

   forest fire