| それ以外の訳語 |
| fire adj | slang (amazing, excellent) (非形式的) | キラキラな 形
HHiraganaきらきらな |
| | You look fire today, hon! |
| fire n | figurative (gem brilliance) (宝石) | 輝き、きらめき 名
HHiraganaかがやき、きらめき |
| | Diamonds must be cut to show their fire. |
| fire n | figurative (ardour) | 情熱、熱意 名
HHiraganaじょうねつ、ねつい |
| | She was full of fire and energy. |
| fire n | figurative (arduous trial) | 厳しい試練 名
HHiraganaきびしいしれん |
| | He went through fire to try to find her again. |
| fire n | (guns, firearms: shooting) (銃の) | 射撃、発砲 名
HHiraganaしゃげき、はっぽう |
| | He could hear the fire of guns nearby. |
| fire vi | (burn) | 燃える、点火する 自動
HHiraganaもえる、てんかする |
| | The kindling began to fire. |
| fire vi | very dated, poetic, figurative (glow) | （赤く）輝く 自動
HHiragana（あかく）かがやく |
| | Dawn fired in the east. |
| fire vi | figurative (become passionate) | 興奮する 自動
HHiraganaこうふんする |
| | | 躍起になる 動詞句
HHiraganaやっきになる |
| | He fired and fumed at the news. |
| fire vi | (have ignition in a cylinder) (内燃機関が) | 点火する 自動
HHiraganaてんかする |
| | Eventually, the engine fired and they drove home. |
| fire vi | (neuron activity) | 活動電位を発する 動詞句
HHiraganaかつどうでんいをはっする |
| | The neurologist ordered several tests to determine whether the patient's neurons were firing properly. |
| fire [sth]⇒ vtr | (set alight) | ～に火をつける 動詞句
HHiragana～にひをつける |
| | | ～を燃やす 他動
HHiragana～をもやす |
| | They fired the big pile of rubbish they had collected. |
| fire [sth] vtr | (supply fuel) | ～に燃料をくべる 動詞句
HHiragana～にねんりょうをくべる |
| | You should fire the boiler with anthracite coal. |
| fire [sth] vtr | (ignite) | ～に点火する 自動
HHiragana～にてんかする |
| | Go ahead and fire the engine. |
| fire [sth] vtr | (kiln) (窯で陶器などを) | ～を焼く 他動
HHiragana～をやく |
| | The potter fires her stoneware in a kiln. |
| fire [sth] vtr | figurative (emotions: inflame) | ～をかきたてる 他動
HHiragana～をかきたてる |
| | | ～を燃え立たせる 使役
HHiragana～をもえたたせる |
| | Her kiss fired his passion even more. |
| fire [sth] vtr | figurative (inspire) | ～を刺激する 他動
HHiragana～をしげきする |
| | The sight fired her imagination. |
| fire [sth] vtr | figurative (throw) | ～を投げつける 他動
HHiragana～をなげつける |
| | He fired a ball through the open window. |
成句・複合語：
|
| add fuel to the fire v expr | figurative (exacerbate the issue) (比喩・物事を悪化させること) | 火に油を注ぐ
HHiraganaひにあぶらをそそぐ |
| | Shouting at angry pupils is only likely to add fuel to the fire. |
| | 怒っている生徒に怒鳴るのは、火に油を注ぐようなものだ。 |
| ball of fire n | (fireball) | 火の玉、炎の塊 名
HHiraganaひのたま、ほのおのかたまり |
| | We heard the explosion, then saw a great ball of fire shooting to the sky. The propane tanker exploded into a great ball of fire. |
| | 爆発音が聞こえると、大きな火の玉が空に向かって飛んでいくのが見えた。プロパンガスのタンカーは爆発して大きな炎の塊になった。 |
| ball of fire n | figurative (dynamic person) | やり手 名
HHiraganaやりて |
| | My aunt is always busy; she's a real ball of fire. |
| | 私の叔母はいつも忙しくしていて、かなりのやり手である。 |
| baptism by fire n | (difficult first experience, initiation) | 手荒な歓迎 名
HHiraganaてあらなかんげい |
| | My first day as a math teacher was a baptism of fire. The pupils just wouldn't keep quiet ! |
baptism by fire,
baptism of fire n | figurative (soldier: first combat) (兵士) | 初めての戦闘経験 名
HHiraganaはじめてのせんとうけいけん |
| | Bullets were flying all around and people were dying; it was truly a baptism by fire. |
| blazing fire n | (fire: intense) | 燃え上がる炎 名
HHiraganaもえあがるほのお |
| | They sat outside the tent, swapping stories and toasting marshmallows over the blazing fire. |
| blazing fire n | (inside a home) (暖炉) | ちらちら燃える炎 名
HHiraganaちらちらもえるほのお |
| | They gathered round the blazing fire for warmth. |
| brush fire n | (blaze: destroys vegetation) (低木地域) | 山火事 名
HHiraganaやまかじ |
| camp fire n | (fire made of twigs) | キャンプファイア 名
HHiraganaきゃんぷふぁいあ |
| | That evening we all sat around a camp fire drinking beer and telling ghost stories. |
campfire,
camp fire n | (outdoor fire made of twigs) | キャンプファイヤー、焚き火 名
HHiraganaきゃんぷふぁいやー、たきび |
| | After dinner, there are marshmallows to roast over the campfire. |
catch fire,
catch on fire,
also UK: catch light,
catch alight,
also US: take fire v expr | (ignite) | 火がつく、燃え出す、発火する 自動
HHiraganaひがつく、もえだす、はっかする |
| | Gasoline can catch fire very easily. If you knock that candle onto the rug, it will catch on fire. |
catch fire,
catch on fire v expr | figurative (create enthusiasm) | 興奮する、躍起になる 自動
HHiraganaこうふんする、やっきになる |
| cease fire vtr + n | (war: stop fighting) | 停戦する 自動
HHiraganaていせんする |
| | The two sides agreed to cease fire. |
ceasefire,
cease-fire n | (truce, end to hostilities) | 停戦、休戦 名
HHiraganaていせん、きゅうせん |
| | The armies decided to have a ceasefire at Christmas. |
crossfire,
cross-fire,
cross fire n | (point where gunshots cross) | クロスファイア、十字砲火 名
HHiraganaくろすふぁいあ、じゅうじほうか |
| | One soldier was injured in the crossfire. |
crossfire,
cross-fire,
cross fire n | figurative (heated exchange of opinions) | 激しい言葉のやり取り 名
HHiraganaはげしいことばのやりとり |
| | Don't get caught in the crossfire between my aunt and uncle; their arguments are vicious. |
dumpster fire,
garbage fire n | US, figurative, informal (shameful or chaotic situation) | 醜態、無様、惨事 名
HHiraganaしゅうたい、ぶざま、さんじ |
| | (俗語) | 体たらく 名
HHiraganaていたらく |
| fire alarm n | (siren or bell warning of fire) | 火災報知、火災警報器 名
HHiraganaかさいほうち、かさいけいほうき |
| | Someone set off the fire alarm at 3 am and the entire hotel had to be evacuated. |
| | You often have to smash a glass panel to activate a fire alarm. |
fire department,
UK: fire brigade n | US (fire-fighting unit) | 消防署 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうしょ |
| | Someone called the fire department after we lit our bonfire. |
| fire door n | (fire-resistant inner door) (建築) | 防火扉 名
HHiraganaぼうかとびら |
| | The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| fire drill n | (evacuation procedure) | 防災訓練、防火演習 名
HHiraganaぼうさいくんれん、ぼうかえんしゅう |
| | We had a fire drill at the office today. |
fire eater,
fire-eater n | (performer: fire tricks) | 火を食べる曲芸師 名
HHiraganaひをたべるきょくげいし |
| | A fire eater must hold kerosene in his mouth to perform. |
| fire escape n | (emergency stairway) | 非常階段 名
HHiraganaひじょうかいだん |
| | In the event of fire, please use the fire escape to descend to the ground floor. |
| fire extinguisher n | (appliance for putting out fires) | 消火器 名
HHiraganaしょうかき |
| | Some fire extinguishers contain water and others foam. |
| fire hydrant n | (water pump) | 消火栓 名
HHiraganaしょうかせん |
| | In the UK, a yellow sign with an 'H' on it indicates a fire hydrant. |
| fire insurance n | (insurance against loss due to fire) | 火災保険 名
HHiraganaかさいほけん |
| | The bank requires borrowers to carry fire insurance for the house. |
fire marshal (US),
fire chief (UK) n | (leader of a fire fighting team) | 消防隊長 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうたいちょう |
| | The fire chief directs his team during a fire. |
| fire prevention n | (fire safety measures) | 防災、防火 名
HHiraganaぼうさい、ぼうか |
| | Putting out your camp fire is one method of fire prevention. |
fire resistant,
fire-resistant adj | (flameproof, difficult to set fire to) | 耐火性の 形
HHiraganaたいかせいの |
| 注釈: Takes a hyphen when before a noun. |
| | The sofa is made of fire-resistant material. |
| fire risk n | ([sth] that can cause a fire) | 火災発生危険度［性］ 名
HHiraganaかさいはっせいきけんど［せい］ |
| | Throwing a cigarette out of the car window is a fire risk. |
| fire safety n | (prevention of accidental fire) | 火災安全 名
HHiraganaかさいあんぜん |
| fire sale n | literal (discount sale of fire-damaged goods) | 焼け残り商品の特売、処分セール 名
HHiraganaやけのこりしょうひんのとくばい、しょぶんせーる |
| | The smoke damaged merchandise was discounted for the fire sale. |
| fire sale n | figurative (low-price selling of assets) (金融) | 資産の格安処分 名
HHiraganaしさんのかくやすしょぶん |
| | The struggling business had a fire sale on old stock items, to generate more cash flow. |
fire screen,
fireguard n | (protective screen for a fireplace) | さか火スクリーン、ファイアースクリーン 名
HHiraganaさかびすくりーん、ふぁいあーすくりーん |
| fire station n | (place where fire engines are kept) | 消防署 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうしょ |
| | The girl scouts visited the fire station to learn about fire safety. |
fire truck (US),
fire engine (UK) n | (fire fighting vehicle) | 消防車 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうしゃ |
| | Most fire trucks are painted red. |
| fire up vtr | literal (start ignition of) | ～に点火する、エンジンをかける 他動
HHiragana～にてんかする、えんじんをかける |
| | I pressed the starter button, fired up the engine, and took off into a cloudless blue sky. |
| fire up vtr | figurative (excite, enthuse) | ～を興奮させる 他動
HHiragana～をこうふんさせる |
| | The pep talk from the coach before the match left the whole team fired up and raring to go. |
| fire up vtr | figurative (cause [sth] to start, become successful) | ～を始動させる、～を動かす 他動
HHiragana～をしどうさせる、～をうごかす |
| fire upon [sth] vi + prep | (with weapon: shoot) (武器で、物) | ～を撃つ 自動
HHiragana～をうつ |
| | As soon as I give the order, fire upon the battleship. |
| fire upon [sb] vi + prep | (with weapon: shoot) (武器で、人) | ～を撃つ 自動
HHiragana～をうつ |
| | The soldiers in the tower fired upon the defenceless people below. |
| fire-retardant adj | (resistant to fire) | 難燃性の 形
HHiraganaなんねんせいの |
| | Fire-retardant chemicals are added to the mattress. |
firefighter,
fire fighter,
fire-fighter n | (member of fire brigade) | 消防士 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうし |
| | Firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. |
firefighting,
fire fighting,
also UK: fire-fighting n | (act of combatting fires) | 消火活動 名
HHiraganaしょうかかつどう |
| | The firefighting went on for days as crews tried to get the wildfires under control. |
firefighting,
fire fighting,
also UK: fire-fighting n | (fighting fires) (火災) | 消防 名
HHiraganaしょうぼう |
| | Firefighting is a very dangerous occupation. |
firefighting,
fire fighting,
also UK: fire-fighting n | figurative (tackling immediate problems) | 故障修復、緊急対応 名
HHiraganaこしょうしゅうふく、きんきゅうたいおう |
| | The computer system's so messed up that we spend most of our time on firefighting. |
firefighting,
also UK: fire-fighting n as adj | (relating to combatting fires) | 消火活動の 連体句
HHiraganaしょうかかつどうの |
firefighting,
also UK: fire-fighting n as adj | (relating to efforts to tackle problem) (比喩) | 火消しの、火消し対応の 連体句
HHiraganaひけしの、ひけしたいおうの |
firepower,
fire power,
fire-power n | (weapons capability) | （武器の）射撃［殺傷］能力、火力 名
HHiragana（ぶきの）しゃげき［さっしょう］のうりょく、かりょく |
firepower,
fire power,
fire-power n | figurative (power, influence) (比喩) | 火力、攻撃力 名
HHiraganaかりょく、こうげきりょく |
firestorm,
fire storm,
fire-storm n | figurative (intense response, public uproar) (比喩) | （怒りなどの）激発 名
HHiragana（いかりなどの）げきはつ |
| | (比喩) | 抗議の嵐、猛反対 名
HHiraganaこうぎのあらし、もうはんたい |
firetrap,
fire trap n | (building that is a fire hazard) | 火災の時に危険な建物 名
HHiraganaかさいのときにきけんなたてもの |
firetruck,
fire truck (US),
fire engine (UK) n | (firefighters' vehicle) | 消防車 名
HHiraganaしょうぼうしゃ |
| | A red firetruck went speeding down the street with the siren on. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | 防火壁 名
HHiraganaぼうかへき |
| | There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
firing rate,
rate of fire n | (speed of rounds fired by a weapon) (武器) | 発射レート 名
HHiraganaはっしゃれーと |
| forest fire n | (fire in a woodland area) | 森林火災 名
HHiraganaしんりんかさい |
| | There's a high risk of forest fires in that area due to lack of rain. |
| hydrant n | (fire hydrant: water pump) | 消火栓、給水栓 名
HHiraganaしょうかせん、きゅうすいせん |
| | It's illegal to park in front of a hydrant. |
| machine-gun fire n | (hail of bullets from an automatic firearm) | 機関銃発射、機関銃掃射、機関銃の銃火 名
HHiraganaきかんじゅうはっしゃ、きかんじゅうそうしゃ、きかんじゅうのじゅうか |
| | We could hear the sound of machine-gun fire in the distance. |
| | 遠くから機関銃掃射の音が聞こえた。 |
| mortar fire n | (shell attack) | 耐火モルタル 名
HHiraganaたいかもるたる |
| open fire n | (fire in unenclosed fireplace) | 裸火 名
HHiraganaはだかび |
| | There's an open fire in the living room. |
| prairie fire n | US (blaze in grassland area) | 野火 名
HHiraganaのび |
| | The prairie fire consumed more than 1000 acres. |
quick-fire,
quick fire,
quickfire adj | figurative, informal, chiefly UK (rapid) | 矢継ぎ早の、速射砲のような 形
HHiraganaやつぎばやの、そくしゃほうのような |
| | | 早口な 形
HHiraganaはやくちな |
quick-fire,
quick fire,
quickfire adj | (gun: equipped to fire rapidly) | 速射用の、連射用の、連続射撃用の 連体句
HHiraganaそくしゃようの、れんしゃようの、れんぞくしゃげきようの |
| raging fire n | figurative (intense blaze) | 燃え盛る火 名
HHiraganaもえさかるひ |
| | The raging fire swept through the entire valley, destroying modest homes and billion-dollar mansions alike. |
| rapid fire n | (fast gunfire) | 速射、連射 名
HHiraganaそくしゃ、れんしゃ |
| rapid-fire adj | literal (gun, tool: discharging rapidly) | 連射の、猛射の、つるべ射ちの 連体句
HHiraganaれんしゃの、もうしゃの、つるべうちの |
| rapid-fire adj | figurative (questions: fast) | 矢継ぎ早の、続けざまの 連体句
HHiraganaやつぎばやの、つづけざまの |
| | | 息つく暇もない、絶え間ない 形
HHiraganaいきつくひまもない、たえまない |
Ready,
aim,
fire! interj | (command to someone firing a weapon) | 構え、狙え、撃て 間投
HHiraganaかまえ、ねらえ、うて |
| set fire to [sth] v expr | (set alight) | ～に火をつける、放火する、火を放つ 他動
HHiragana～にひをつける、ほうかする、ひをはなつ |
| | He set fire to his own house to collect the insurance money. |
| | 彼は保険金を集めるために自分の家に火を放った。 |
| set [sth] on fire v expr | (set light to) | 火をつける、火を放つ 他動
HHiraganaひをつける、ひをはなつ |
| | | 放火する 自動
HHiraganaほうかする |
| | To cover up the murder, the killer set his victim's house on fire. |
| set [sth] on fire v expr | figurative, slang (excite) | 〜を騒がせる、〜を興奮の渦に巻き込む 動詞句
HHiragana〜をさわがせる、〜をこうふんのうずにまきこむ |
| | That catchy new song has set the whole country on fire. |
| single-fire adj | (pottery, ceramics: with glaze and clay fired at one time) (陶業) | 烽火の 形
HHiraganaのろしの |
surefire,
also UK: sure-fire adj | informal (certain to succeed) | 成功間違いなしの、必ずうまくいく［成功する］、必勝の、必殺の 形
HHiraganaせいこうまちがいなしの、かならずうまくいく［せいこうする］、ひっしょうの、ひっさつの |
| | Exercising without warming up beforehand is a surefire way to cause yourself an injury. |