薪

Vocabulary (12)

• 薪水給与令

  しんすいきゅうよれい

  Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

• 柴薪

  さいしん

  brushwood and firewood

• 薪拾い

  たきぎひろい

  firewood gathering

• 薪能

  たきぎのう

  noh theater performed at night by a fire

• 薪小屋

  たきぎごや

  woodshed

• 臥薪嘗胆

  がしんしょうたん

  going through thick and thin to attain one's objective

• 薪水の労

  しんすいのろう

  menial services (e.g. kitchen work)

• 薪炭

  しんたん

  wood and charcoal

• 薪ストーブ

  まきストーブ

  wood-burning stove

• 薪を抱いて火を救う

  たきぎをいだいてひをすくう

  having one's good intentions backfire dangerously

• 薪いれ

  たきぎいれ

  wood basket

• たき木

  たきぎ

  piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)