がつ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
Kanji used
fire
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Composed of
fire; flame; blaze
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
to be in imminent peril; to be in imminent danger
Examples (6 in total)
The house caught fire.
Wooden buildings catch fire easily.
Wooden houses catch fire easily.
If the hay caught fire, it would be a real disaster.
Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.
Once the chemical plant caught fire, it exploded.