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燃え移る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 燃え移る.

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Entry

燃え移るえうつIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #28624
1

to spread (of fire)

Examples
火がめらめらと隣家に燃え移っていった。
The fire spread and licked the neighboring house.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

burn, blaze, glow

16 strokesFrequency 948JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ネン

Kun

も.えるも.やすも.す

shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into

11 strokesFrequency 448JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Kun

うつ.るうつ.す

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