Meaning

Primary

To Burn Something

Alternative

To Set On Fire

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means burn and the verb vocab version is to burn something, or to set on fire.

Reading

もやす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is when you're burning something. To remember this meaning, you have to remember the part. So, just think of your friend Moe (), and how you're going to burn him... uh... just a little bit.

Context

Context Sentences

落ち葉を燃やして焼きイモを作ります。

We're going to burn some fallen leaves and make baked sweet potatoes.

フグは不可燃ゴミを燃やして毒ガスを発生させた。

Fugu produced poison gas by burning non-burnable trash.

何かを完全に灰になるまで燃やすことが大好きだ。

I really like burning things until they’re reduced to ashes.

Kanji Composition