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1 exact word match found in search '薪'
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noun
1. firewood; kindling; fuel
2. piece(s) of firewood  (usu. まき)
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10 words found beginning with '薪'
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noun
wood and charcoal; fuel
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noun
wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
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noun
1. fuel and water; firewood and water
2. gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework
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noun
1. hatchet; axe
2. wood-chopping; wood-splitting
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noun
woodshed
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noun
noh theater performed at night by a fire
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noun
firewood gathering
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expression
having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling  (idiomatic expression)
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expression, noun
menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly  (usu. as 薪水の労をとる)
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noun
Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)
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14 words found containing '薪' in any position
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noun
1. firewood; kindling; fuel
2. piece(s) of firewood  (usu. まき)
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noun
wood and charcoal; fuel
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noun
1. fuel and water; firewood and water
2. gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework
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noun
wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
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noun
1. hatchet; axe
2. wood-chopping; wood-splitting
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noun
1. kindling burned in shrines and temples  (archaic)
2. special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year)  (archaic)
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noun
woodshed
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noun
noh theater performed at night by a fire
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going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance  (yojijukugo)
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noun
firewood gathering
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