Kanji Details:
- 薪
- Frequency:2182
- Kun: たきぎ, まき
- On: シン
- Meaning: fuel, firewood, kindling
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 薪 まき, たきぎ firewood, kindling, fuel; piece(s) of firewood 薪炭 しんたん wood and charcoal, fuel 臥薪嘗胆 がしんしょうたん going through thick and thin to attain one's objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance 薪水 しんすい fuel and water, cooking, salary 薪拾い たきぎひろい firewood gathering 薪割り まきわり hatchet, axe; wood-chopping, wood-splitting 薪割 まきわり hatchet, axe; wood-chopping, wood-splitting 薪能 たきぎのう Noh theater performed at night by a fire