Illustration: At a mountain campsite, an adult kneels beside a raised metal fire pit and uses long tongs to place a split log onto burning kindling. Flames curl around the new wood, while a small stack of spare logs waits within reach. There is no cooking pot or food over the fire.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

焚たく

taku

to light a fire, to burn

Example sentences

  1. 寒さむかったので、私わたしたちは火ひを焚たきました。

    Since it was cold, we made a fire.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一度いちどにたくさん焚たいては煤すすが粗あらくなるため、3~4本ほんずつ気長きながに燃もやす。

    As burning much firewood at a time makes the soot coarse, burn three or four pieces of firewood patiently.

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

  3. ハワイってさ、暖炉だんろつきの家いえが多おおいじゃない?あっちも朝夕あさゆうは冷ひえるから、寒さむがりの人ひとは暖炉だんろを焚たくんだ。

    Hawaii, y’know, has a lot of houses with fireplaces, doesn’t it? The mornings and evenings over there get cold as well so people who feel the cold light fires.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 焚

  • 焚burn; kindleOnフン・ホン・ハンKunたく・やく・やきがり

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