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    3. かがり火

    かがり火

    か​が​り​火び

    fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    篝火

    かがりび

    Noun

    1.
    fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.), bonfire, campfire
    2.
    brothel-keeper (Edo period)
    archaic

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    Characters that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    Kanji
    か
    ka
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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