Word Meaning 別火

べっか bekka

別火 is read as べっか (bekka) and means cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites.

Meaning

English

  1. cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites
  2. cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

Reading

Kana

べっか

Romaji

bekka

Writing Variants

  • 別火 べつび betsubi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 119127 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

別名

べつめい

another name

別に

べつに

(not) particularly

別れ

わかれ

parting

別々

べつべつ

separate

べつ

exception

別人

べつじん

different person

別問題

べつもんだい

different thing

別れる

わかれる

to lose (e.g. one's mother)

別院

べついん

branch temple

別館

べっかん

annex (to a building)

別室

べっしつ

concubine (of a noble)

別世界

べっせかい

another world