Meaning of 放火 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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放火
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Kana Readingほうか
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Romajihōka
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- arson; set fire to
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Example Sentences
放火, ほうか used in context
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He set his house on fire.
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He set fire to the school building.
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What was his motive for setting the house on fire?
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Someone set fire to the house.
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The fire that broke out last night was judged to be caused by arson.
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ドイツでは今日、いくつかの都市で襲撃に反対する抗議行動が催されましたが、その都市の中には、月曜日の放火による襲撃でトルコ人３人が殺害されたハンブルク近くの都市も含まれています。
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
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Kanji found in this word
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
On: ホウ
Kun: はな.す, -っぱな.し, はな.つ, はな.れる, こ.く, ほう.る
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