Word Meaning 焚く

たく taku

焚く is read as たく (taku) and means to use (a camera flash).

Meaning

English

to use (a camera flash)
to heat (a bath)
to light (a stove)
to stoke (a boiler)
to burn
to kindle
to light (a fire)
to make (a fire)

Reading

Kana

たく

Romaji

taku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

暖炉に火を焚く。

だんろにひをたく。

light a fire in the fireplace.

キャンプで薪を焚く。

きゃんぷでまきをたく.

burn firewood at the camp.

玄関先で迎え火を焚く。

げんかんさきでむかえびをたく。

light a welcome fire at the entrance.

ハワイってさ、暖炉つきの家が多いじゃない？あっちも朝夕は冷えるから、寒がりの人は暖炉を焚くんだ。

Hawaii, y'know, has a lot of houses with fireplaces, doesn't it? The mornings and evenings over there get cold as well so people who feel the cold light fires.

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