inflammation, flame, blaze

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Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

inflammation

Constituents

?fire2
fire

Mnemonic Stories

Fighting fire with fire might just inflame the situation.

The wizard tried to cast a fire spell on a fire elemental. This only made it stronger, transforming it into a roaring inflammation elemental.

The chef's special hot sauce is called 'Double Inferno.' It's like putting a fire on top of another fire in your mouth, causing immediate inflammation.

Dictionary

Common Words

のおむらNounFreq #1528
1

flame; blaze

Examples
硫黄は青いを上げて燃える。
Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
2

flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

えんSuffixFreq #8401
1

Medicine

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

火炎火焔えんNounFreq #11352
1

flame; blaze

炎上んじょうNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #12762
1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)

Examples
家は炎上していた。
The house was in flames.
2

Colloquial

stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

陽炎ろううえんNounFreq #15502
1

heat haze; shimmer of hot air

炎天下んてんかNounFreq #28359
1

under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat

肺炎いえんNounFreq #30470
1

Medicine

pneumonia

Examples
スイスを訪れている間、彼は肺炎にかかってしまった。
While visiting Switzerland, he became ill with pneumonia.
炎症んしょうNounFreq #34132
1

inflammation; irritation

Examples
歯茎が炎症を起こしているようなのですが。
I think I have a gum infection.
炎熱んねつNoun~の Adj.Freq #43260
1

sweltering heat

Examples
人々は都会の炎熱を避けようとする。
People seek escape from the heat of the town.
火炎放射器火焔放射器えんほうしゃきNounFreq #49270
1

flamethrower

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