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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

防ぼう火か

bouka

fire prevention

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは昨日きのう防火ぼうか訓練くんれんをした。

    We had a fire drill yesterday.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この美術館びじゅつかんには防火ぼうかの設備せつびがある。

    This museum is equipped with a fire prevention system.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 防火ぼうかや盗賊除とうぞくのけの神様かみさまが鎮座ちんざする神社じんじゃに警備会社けいびかいしゃのステッカーが貼はってあるのを見みかけることも多おおくなった。

    There are many shrines enshrining gods of fire and theft prevention where security firm stickers can be seen.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 防火

  • 防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ
  • 火fireOnカKunひ・ほ-

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