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    3. 火がつく

    火がつく

    火ひが​つ​く​

    to catch fire

    NTVerbDaily LifeEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    火が付く火が点く

    ひがつく

    Verb

    1.
    to catch fire, to be ignited, to ignite, to light (e.g. of a match)
    2.
    to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.), to blaze, to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.), to take off (of a boom, craze, etc.)
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    Characters that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
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