Word Meaning 火事と喧嘩は江戸の華

かじとけんかはえどのはな kaji to kenka ha edo no hana

火事と喧嘩は江戸の華 is read as かじとけんかはえどのはな (kaji to kenka ha edo no hana) and means fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo.

Meaning

English

  1. fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo

Reading

Kana

かじとけんかはえどのはな

Romaji

kaji to kenka ha edo no hana

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 63 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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江戸の華

えどのはな

widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes)

火事

かじ

fire

火事場

かじば

scene of a fire

火山昇華物

かざんしょうかぶつ

volcanic sublimate

火事旋風

かじせんぷう

firestorm

火薬陰謀事件

かやくいんぼうじけん

Gunpowder Plot (of 1605)

喧嘩

けんか

quarrel

口喧嘩

くちげんか

quarrel

江戸

えど

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo)

江戸っ子

えどっこ

(true) Tokyoite

山火事

やまかじ

forest fire

江戸前

えどまえ

Tokyo style