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炎: flame

flame; blaze; inflammation
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Readings

On
エン
Kun
ほのお

炎(ほのお) "flame". えん in 炎上(えんじょう) "going up in flames", 炎症(えんしょう) "inflammation", 肺炎(はいえん) "pneumonia", 火炎(かえん).

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Key words

炎ほのおflame
炎上えんじょうgoing up in flames
肺炎はいえんpneumonia
炎症えんしょうinflammation
火炎かえんflames

Example sentences

The candle flame wavered in the wind.

My cold got worse and turned into pneumonia.

Last night a warehouse at the port went up in flames in a fire.

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