Search Terms: *薪*
Dictionary results(showing 14 results)
noun
1.
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)(usu. まき)
2.
kindling (twigs, branches, etc.), firewood(only relevant for たきぎ)
Other readings:
薪【たきぎ】
、焚き木【たきぎ】
、たき木【たきぎ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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going through thick and thin to attain one's objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
fuel and water, firewood and water
2.
gathering firewood and drawing water, kitchen work, housework
noun
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Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)
expression, noun
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menial services (e.g. kitchen work), serving one's master unsparingly(usu. as 薪水の労をとる)
expression
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having one's good intentions backfire dangerously, causing harm when trying to prevent it, trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling(idiom )
noun
1.
hatchet, axe
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
wood-chopping, wood-splitting
Other readings:
薪割【まきわり】
noun
1.
kindling burned in shrines and temples(archaism)
2.
special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year)(archaism)
3.
kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period(archaism)