山火事(やまかじ)

やまかじ
noun
wildfire; forest fire
1. wildfire; forest fire; bushfire
An uncontrolled fire in a mountainous or forested area.
山火事(やまかじ)が発生(はっせい)した。
A wildfire broke out.
乾燥(かんそう)した季節(きせつ)は山火事(やまかじ)が起(お)きやすい。
Wildfires are more likely to occur during dry seasons.
山火事(やまかじ)で何百(なんびゃく)ヘクタールもの森林(しんりん)が焼(や)けてしまった。
Hundreds of hectares of forest were burned in the wildfire.

山火事(やまかじ) refers to an uncontrolled fire that spreads through mountainous or forested terrain, typically caused by drought, lightning, or human carelessness. It is the everyday word for wildfires and forest fires in Japanese, while the more formal equivalent is 森林(しんりん)火災(かさい).

WORD STRUCTURE:
A compound of 山(やま) (mountain) + 火事(かじ) (fire).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 山火事(やまかじ)が発生(はっせい)する: a wildfire breaks out
  • 山火事(やまかじ)を消(け)す: to extinguish a wildfire
  • 山火事(やまかじ)が広(ひろ)がる: a wildfire spreads

RELATED:

  • 火事(かじ): fire (general)
  • 森林(しんりん)火災(かさい): forest fire (formal term)
  • 野火(のび): brushfire, grass fire
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