ひがつく – Vocabulary details

ひがつく

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to light (e.g. of a match)

2. to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.); to take off (of a boom, craze, etc.)

fire; flame; blaze

to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on

to be pressed (by urgent business); to be under great pressure (to act); to be under the gun

the embers of a former relationship flare up again; old love blazes anew

to be in imminent peril; to be in imminent danger

その家いえにひがついた。

The house caught fire.

木もく造ぞう建けん築ちく物ぶつはひがつきやすい。

Wooden buildings catch fire easily.

木きの家いえはひがつきやすい。

Wooden houses catch fire easily.

干ほし草くさにひがついたらそれこそ大たい変へんだ。

If the hay caught fire, it would be a real disaster.

日に本ほんの家か屋おくは木もく造ぞうで、ひがつきやすい。

Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.

ひがつくとすぐに、その化か学がく工こう場じょうは爆ばく発はつした。

Once the chemical plant caught fire, it exploded.

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