火災

かさい
conflagration
fire

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かさい【火災】

⇒ かじ［火事］

**fire

〖C〗〖U〗火事

insurance against fire 火災保険

The city was destroyed by the fire. その町は火災で焼け野原になった

I am covered against fire. 火災保険をかけている

ring a fire alarm ジリジリと火災警報が鳴る

a city stricken by the big fire 大火災で打撃を受けた都市

Fire Prevention Week 火災予防週間.

¶ → 火災警報

¶ → 火災保険

¶ → 火災保険会社

¶ → 火災避難訓練

¶ → 火災避難装置

¶ → 森林火災

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かさい【火災】

a fire; 〔大火〕 a large fire [blaze]; a conflagration; 〔小火･ぼや〕 a small fire [blaze].

●放火による火災 a deliberately started [lit] fire.

●火災から財産を守る protect one's property [possessions] against fire.

●火災が発生した. A fire started [broke out] 《at [in]…》.

・船に火災が起こった. A fire started on the ship.

・爆弾が落ちて町の一角に火災が起こった. A bomb fell and set fire to houses in one block.

・地震のあとに火災が発生しなかっただけでも救いだ. We're thankful that no fire broke out after the earthquake.

●あの火災で私は財産のすべてを失った. I lost all my possessions [property] in that fire.

・その時の火災では倉だけが焼け残った. In that fire only the storehouse survived the blaze [escaped the flames].

・毎年 2,000 人近くが火災で亡くなっている. Every year nearly two thousand people die in fires.

・昭和初期の大きな火災でこの町の西半分がほとんど焼失した. In the conflagration that occurred early in the Shōwa period almost the whole western half of this town burned down [was destroyed by fire].

●今回の火災による損害額 the amount of damage caused by the latest fire

・滞在先のホテルで火災にあった. There was a fire at the hotel I was staying at.

・その寺は創建以来 3 度の火災にあっている. That temple has been destroyed by fire three times since its founding.

・地下街で火災にあったら, とにかくあわてないこと. If there's a fire when you're in an underground arcade, whatever you do, don't panic.

・彼らは万一の火災に備えて訓練を怠らない. To prepare themselves for the one-chance-in-a-million fire they do not shirk their drills.

●火災の現場に駆けつける rush to the scene of a fire

・火災の発生を防ぐ prevent the outbreak of a fire.

●タンクローリーが商店に突っ込み火災を起こした. A tanker plowed into a 《米》 store [《英》 shop] and set the place on fire.

・タンカーが火災を起こし, 港外に停船されている. An oil tanker is on fire [ablaze] and is being held [at anchor] outside the harbor.

・火災を知らせるサイレンが鳴った. The fire alarm siren went off [sounded].

●火災は強風にあおられてあっと言う間に燃え広がった. Fanned by strong winds, the fire spread very quickly.

・その火災は夕方 5 時ごろまでには鎮火した. The fire was brought under control by around 5 p.m.

油火災 an oil [a flammable-liquid] fire; a Class B fire.

坑内火災 a pit fire.

地震火災 a post-earthquake fire.

車両火災 〔自動車〕 a car [an automobile] fire; 〔列車〕 a train fire.

森林火災 a forest fire.

船舶火災 a shipboard fire.

電気火災 an electrical fire; a Class C fire.

ビル[建物]火災 a building fire; a fire in a building.

ホテル火災 a hotel fire; a fire in a hotel.

火災感知器 a fire sensor.

火災共済協同組合 a fire mutual aid [benefit] cooperative (association).

火災雲 a fire cloud.

火災警報 ⇒かさいけいほう.

火災原因 the cause of a fire.

●火災原因のトップは放火です. The top cause of fires is arson.

火災件数 the number of fires 《in a year》; the 《annual》 number of fires.

火災現場 the scene of a fire.

火災信号 a fire alarm [alert].

火災旋風 a firestorm.

火災通報 the report(ing) of a fire; a fire report.

火災避難訓練 《hold, take part in》 a fire drill.

火災避難装置 a fire escape.

火災避難路[非常口] 〔避難路〕 a fire escape [evacuation] route; 〔非常口〕 a fire exit.

火災報知器 ⇒かさいほうちき.

火災報知用電話 a fire alarm telephone.

火災予防 fire prevention.

●火災予防運動 a fire prevention campaign

・火災予防週間 Fire Prevention Week

・火災予防条例 a fire prevention ordinance; fire prevention regulations.