Word Meaning 火中の栗を拾う

かちゅうのくりをひろう kachuu no kuri o hirou

火中の栗を拾う is read as かちゅうのくりをひろう (kachuu no kuri o hirou) and means to take a risk for someone.

Meaning

English

  1. to take a risk for someone
  2. to endanger oneself for someone
  3. to gather chestnuts from the fire

Reading

Kana

かちゅうのくりをひろう

Romaji

kachuu no kuri o hirou

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 119171 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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火中

ほなか

burning (something)

集中砲火

しゅうちゅうほうか

concentrated fire

中火

ちゅうび

medium flame (cooking)

火傷

やけど

burn

火災

かさい

conflagration

火器

かき

firearms

火砕流

かさいりゅう

pyroclastic flow

火鉢

ひばち

brazier

火災保険

かさいほけん

fire insurance

火葬

かそう

cremation

火炎瓶

かえんびん

Molotov cocktail

火炎

かえん

flame