薪

Usu. まき

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)

たきぎ only

kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

hatchet; axe

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

wood-chopping; wood-splitting

firewood gathering

woodshed

wood and charcoal; fuel

fuel and water; firewood and water

gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework

noh theater performed at night by a fire

wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder

Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

Usu. as 薪水の労をとる

menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly

Idiomatic expression

having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling

wood-burning stove; wood stove

going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

Rare term

brushwood and firewood

kindling burned in shrines and temples

special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year)

kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryō period