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放火ほうか (houka)

arson; setting alight

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Meaning

放火 (ほうか, houka) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “arson; setting alight”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

近所きんじょの家いえが放火ほうかされたそうです

A house in the vicinity seems to have been set on fire.

私は放火犯です。

I am an arsonist.

彼かれは校舎こうしゃに放火ほうかした。

He set fire to the school building.

放火犯はこの中にいる。

The fire‐raiser is here among us.

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