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    3. 火の玉

    火の玉

    火ひの​玉たま

    fireball

    KMT9News #31+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab10 strokes

    ひのたま

    Noun

    1.
    fireball, ball of fire
    2.
    will-o'-the-wisp, jack-o'-lantern

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    夜よ空ぞらに火ひの玉たまが見みえた。

    I saw a fireball in the night sky.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    流ながれ星ぼしが燃もえ尽つきる時とき、まるで火ひの玉たまのようだ。

    When a shooting star burns out, it looks just like a fireball.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    昔むかしの物ものが語たりでは、幽ゆう霊れいが火ひの玉たまとなって現あらわれると語かたられている。

    In old stories, it is said that ghosts appear as fireballs.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiteratureReligion & Philosophy
    雷かみなりが落おちた後あと、一いっ瞬しゅん、空そらに大おおきな火ひの玉たまが浮うかんだように見みえた。

    After the lightning struck, for a moment, a large fireball seemed to float in the sky.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    湿しっ地ち帯たいでは、夜よるになると火ひの玉たまがさまようという伝でん説せつがある。

    In wetlands, there is a legend that fireballs wander at night.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    Kanji
    玉
    たま・たま-・-だま…(3)
    jewel・ball
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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