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JLPT N3 · Noun

炎 (honoo)

炎 (ほのお, honoo) is a Japanese noun meaning “flame; blaze”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ほのお
Romaji
honoo
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. flame; blaze · noun
  2. flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion · noun

Example sentences

硫黄は青い炎を上げて燃える。
Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 炎

炎
inflammation, flame, blazeエン・ほのお · 8 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1177070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.