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火
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fire lit on a boat to lure fish at night
Examples
漁火が島影に瞬く。
A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.
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distant fire; fire at some distance (in cooking)
Examples
魚は遠火でゆっくり、こんがり焼き上げます。
The fish is baked slowly till browned over a not-too-close fire.
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striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.
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purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
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Idiomatic expression
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
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body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)
