鬼火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	火

Etymology

Compound of 鬼 (oni, “ghost, devil”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

鬼火 (hiragana おにび, romaji onibi)

1. a will o' the wisp

Synonyms

• 狐火 (きつねび, kitsune-bi)
• 陰火 (いんか, inka)
• 幽霊火 (ゆうれいび, yūrei-bi)
• 野火 (やか, yaka)

See also

• 鬼火 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Will-o'-the-wisp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Will-o'-the-wisp

Proper noun

鬼火 (hiragana おにび, romaji Onibi)

1. short for 鬼火焚 (Onibitaki), a fire matsuri (Japanese festival) held around Kyūshū on 7 (in some places, 14) January

Synonyms

• (January fire festivals, not just in Kyūshū):
  • 左義長, 三毬杖 (さぎちょう, Sagichō)
  • 道祖土焼, 塞灯焼 (さいとやき, Saitoyaki)
  • どんど (Dondo)
  • どんどやき (Dondoyaki)
  • どんどんやき (Dondon'yaki)
• (fire festival in general): 火祭り (ひまつり, himatsuri)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
鬼火

Noun

鬼火 (traditional and simplified, measure word 團/团, Pinyin guǐhuǒ)

1. will-o'-the-wisp