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cinders; burnt remains; embers; residue after burning
The solid residue left after something has been burned, such as ash, cinders, or charred remains. Also used figuratively to describe something that has been exhausted or spent.
たき火の燃え殻を片付ける。
To clean up the cinders from the bonfire.
ストーブの燃え殻を処分する。
To dispose of the burnt remains from the stove.
火事の後、建物には燃え殻と灰だけが残っていた。
After the fire, only cinders and ash remained of the building.
A compound of 燃え (the stem of 燃える, to burn) and 殻 (shell, husk, remains). The 殻 element appears in other compounds with the meaning of 'leftover remains,' such as 吸い殻 (cigarette butt).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 燃え殻を片付ける: to clean up cinders
- 燃え殻を処分する: to dispose of burnt remains
- 石炭の燃え殻: coal cinders
- 燃え殻が残る: cinders remain
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 灰: ash — finer residue after burning, lighter than cinders
- 吸い殻: cigarette butt — the remains of a smoked cigarette, uses the same 殻
- 残骸: wreckage, remains — broader term for ruins or remains of anything destroyed
- 炭: charcoal — partially burned wood that can still be used as fuel