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燃やす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 燃やす.

Dictionary

Entry

燃やす燃すやす (燃す)TransitiveGodan verbFreq #4099
1

to burn

Examples
このガラクタは火に燃やしなさい。
Burn this rubbish on the fire.
2

to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

Examples
彼女は嫉妬の炎を燃やした
She burned with jealousy.

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

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