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    3. 焼き打ち

    焼き打ち

    焼やき​打うち​

    setting on fire

    KMT9News #29+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    焼打ち焼き討ち焼討ち焼討焼打

    やきうち

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    setting on fire, setting afire

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    その村むらは敵てき軍ぐんによって焼やき打うちされた。

    That village was set on fire by the enemy army.

    KMT7HistoryMilitary
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、寺じ社しゃが焼やき打うちに遭あうことも珍めずらしくなかった。

    During the Sengoku period, it was not uncommon for temples and shrines to be set on fire.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    暴ぼう徒とによる焼やき打うちで、街まちの一いち部ぶが廃はい墟きょと化 した。

    A part of the town turned into ruins due to arson by rioters.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    織お田だ信のぶ長ながは比ひ叡えい山ざん延えん暦りゃく寺じの焼やき打うちを命めいじたことで知しられる。

    Oda Nobunaga is known for ordering the burning of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    敵てきの補ほ給きゅう路ろを断たつため、倉そう庫この焼やき打うちが計けい画かくされた。

    The burning of the warehouse was planned to cut off the enemy's supply lines.

    KMT9MilitaryHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    Kanji
    打
    う.つ・う.ち-・ぶ.つ…(3)
    strike・hit・knock・pound・dozen
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    ち
    chi
    Kana
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