open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
fireworks display; display of fireworks
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire
glow of a firefly; nearly extinguished fire; embers
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
precarious situation; precarious state
high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon)
to die down (of a fire); to be brought under control; to decline; to wane; to fall off
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
dying down (of a fire); waning; waning (of a trend, fad, popularity, epidemic, etc.); declining; heat applied from below (e.g. in an oven or grill)
medium flame (cooking); medium heat; medium fire
fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson
open fire (in cooking); open flame; direct heat
welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)
charcoal grilling; char-grilling
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
low flame; (very) low heat; gentle heat
pyrotechnician; pyrotechnist
hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace
fire pit; outdoor brazier; bonfire stand
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.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
distant fire; fire at some distance (in cooking)
fire lit on a boat to lure fish at night
grilling over an open flame
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood
smoky fire to repel mosquitoes
handheld bamboo tube fireworks; fire-spraying tube
catching fire (from a neighbouring house on fire)
warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi
fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and Obon
charcoal-grilled yakiniku
backfire (to defend against forest fires)
very low flame (cooking); lowest heat
light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light; godsend
heat applied from above; overhead heat; upper oven temperature in baking
cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.
smoky fire to repel mosquitoes
hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept
handheld fireworks (esp. sparklers)
room with a sunken hearth
cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning
borrowing a light (e.g. for a cigarette); borrowed light
Mycena lux-coeli (bioluminescent species of mushroom)
garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)