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炎 kanji
inflammation, flame, blaze
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
エン
Kun readings
ほのお
Words with 炎
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —炎症Popularinflammation; irritation
- —炎上Populargoing up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
- —炎天Popularblazing heat; scorching sun
- —肝炎Popularhepatitis
- —脳炎Popularbrain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis
- —肺炎Popularpneumonia
- —火炎瓶PopularMolotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
- —中耳炎Popularotitis media; middle-ear infection
- —炎-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
- —胃炎gastritis; gastric catarrh
- —炎光flame
- —炎暑heat wave; intense heat
- —炎色flame (color, colour); flame scarlet; bright reddish; orange
- —炎熱sweltering heat
- —光炎light and flame
- —口炎mouth ulcer; stomatitis
- —紅炎red flame; (solar) prominence
- —鼻炎rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation
- —余炎burning embers
- —火炎flame; blaze