野火
Chinese
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 |
Pronunciation
Noun
野火
- prairie fire; wildfire; bush fire
- farm fire (for clearing fields)
Synonyms
- (Min Nan) 火燒埔/火烧埔
Japanese
Etymology 1
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]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) のび [nóꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [no̞bʲi]
Noun
野火 • (nobi)
(alternative reading hiragana ぬび, rōmaji nubi) (obsolete)
- a controlled burn set in early spring to clear away brush from mountain fields
- a wildfire
Alternative forms
- 燹 (rare)
Synonyms
- (controlled agricultural burn): 野焼き (noyaki)
Etymology 2
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.
Alternative forms
- 火退, 逆焼, 燹
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ho̞so̞ke̞]
Noun
野火 • (hosoke) (rare)
- a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material
Usage notes
The more common word for this is 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi).[1]
Alternative forms
- 火退 (rare)
- 逆焼 (rare)
- 燹 (rare)
Synonyms
- 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi)
Etymology 3
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
- (Tokyo) やか [yáꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ja̠ka̠]
Noun
野火 • (yaka) ←やくわ (yakwa)?
- a controlled burn set to clear away brush from fields
- a fire set in a field
- a wildfire
- a will o' the wisp
Synonyms
- (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)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN