Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to burn; to get fired up
Kanji used
burn
Pitch accent
える
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
burnable garbage; burnable waste
burnable garbage; burnable waste
to be fired up with enthusiasm for accomplishing something
Examples (45 in total)
Wood burns.
This won't burn.
The building is on fire.
The flat is on fire.
The coal is burning.
His house was on fire.
A lot of houses were on fire.
The house was ablaze.
Wood burns easily.
Is the fire still burning?
Paper burns easily.
They were burning with enthusiasm.
Tom's house was on fire.
Plastic does not burn easily.
The fireplace was burning brightly.
The fire is burning furiously.
Wooden houses easily catch fire.
His eyes were blazing with anger.
I was surprised to find it on fire.
The houses caught fire one after another.
Dry wood burns quickly.
The coal in the stove is burning.
Warm yourself while the fire burns.
Her face was ablaze with anger.
It is as if the whole sky were on fire.
Don't you smell something burning in the next room?
A car in the parking lot is on fire.
His cheeks were burning with shame.
The forest was in flames for three days.
Burning with anger, she slapped him.
Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
When I got there, the house was on fire.
He awoke to find the house on fire.
It was brave of you to go into the burning house.
He rescued the child from the burning house.
The sailors abandoned the burning ship.
I saw the baby carried out of the burning house.
The fire of ambition burned within her.
The firemen rushed into the burning house.
A wooden house burns more easily than a stone house.
We must not keep the fire burning.
Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.
There were cars burning, people dying, and nobody could help them.
The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.
Everything was burnt to ashes.