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炎 kanji
inflammation, flame, blaze
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
エン
Kun readings
ほのお
Words with 炎
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —髄膜炎菌meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis)
- —肺炎桿菌Klebsiella pneumoniae
- —蜂巣織炎cellulitis; phlegmon
- —下垂体炎hypophysitis
- —爆発炎上exploding in flames; erupting in flames
- —信号炎管signal flare; fusee
- —上気道炎upper respiratory tract infection; URTI
- —炎上商法outrage marketing (deliberately stirring up controversy to generate publicity); shock advertising
- —急性肝炎acute hepatitis
- —骨関節炎osteoarthritis
- —視神経炎optic neuritis
- —角結膜炎keratoconjunctivitis
- —心外膜炎pericarditis
- —灰白髄炎poliomyelitis; polio
- —爪周囲炎paronychia; whitlow; felon; agnail
- —鼻気管炎rhinotracheitis
- —歯根膜炎periodontitis
- —火炎放射器flamethrower
- —盲腸炎手術appendectomy; appendicectomy; appendisectomy
- —虫様突起炎appendicitis