焼(や)け跡(あと)

やけあと
noun
burned ruins; fire-damaged site; remains of a fire
1. burned ruins; fire-damaged site; remains of a fire
The remaining traces or ruins left behind after something has burned down. Often used to refer to areas devastated by fire, including post-war or post-disaster sites.
焼(や)け跡(あと)を見(み)つめた。
I stared at the burned ruins.
戦争(せんそう)の焼(や)け跡(あと)から復興(ふっこう)した町(まち)だ。
It is a town that rebuilt itself from the burned ruins of the war.
火事(かじ)の翌日(よくじつ)、焼(や)け跡(あと)には焦(こ)げた柱(はしら)だけが残(のこ)っていた。
The day after the fire, only charred pillars remained at the burned site.

Compound of 焼(や)ける (to burn) + 跡(あと) (trace, mark). Refers to the physical remains of a structure or area destroyed by fire.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 焼(や)け跡(あと)に立(た)つ: to stand at a burned site
  • 戦争(せんそう)の焼(や)け跡(あと): war ruins (postwar usage)
  • 焼(や)け跡(あと)から復興(ふっこう)する: to rebuild from the ashes
  • 焼(や)け跡(あと)を片付(かたづ)ける: to clear away the burned remains

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 廃墟(はいきょ): ruins — broader; any ruined building, not necessarily from fire
  • 跡地(あとち): former site — site where a building once stood, neutral about cause
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