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► 成句
  [ひ]  [火を見るよりも明らか]    meaning:  obvious  rank: 3
☆ この政策失敗なのは火を見るより(も)らかだ ⇨ It is more obvious than watching flame that this policy has been a failure

► 名詞
  [ひ]    meaning:  fire  rank: 1
☆ 火の取扱いに注意 ⇨ Be careful when handling fire
☆ 火を怪獣 ⇨ A fire-breathing monster

  [ひ]  [火が付く]    meaning:  fire  rank: 1
☆ このマッチは火がつかない ⇨ This match doesn’t ignite

  [ひ]  [coll]    meaning:  heat  rank: 1
☆ このには火が十分通っていない ⇨ Fire hasn’t gone through this meat. This meat is not thoroughly cooked


More examples:
  • 火口からがった ⇨ Smoke came up the volcano opening
  • 火の回るのが速すぎてどうにもならなかった ⇨ The fire spread so fast there was nothing we could do
  • はろうそくに火をつけた ⇨ He lit a candle
  • 彼女ストーブに火をけた ⇨ She lit the stove
  • ひきつれた火傷の ⇨ 
  • 山火事はてたにまでび火した ⇨ The wildfire spread to the forest across the river
  • ポンペイではくのが火山灰にまって死んだ ⇨ In Pompeii many people died buried under volcanic ash
  • 消防隊員はどんどんがる山火事と悪戦苦闘した ⇨ The firefighters struggled, fought a losing battle, against a fast spreading wildfire
  • 爆弾の導火線 ⇨ The fuse of a bomb
  • 火は一時間後にやっとえた ⇨ The fire was finally extinguished after an hour
  • 暴動全国び火した ⇨ The riots have spread all over the country (like wildfires)
  • 重症の火傷を負った ⇨ He suffered serious, third-degree, burns
  • 火事は一時間後に鎮火した ⇨ The fire extinguished after one hour
  • 煮立ったら火をめる ⇨ Turn the heat off when fully boiled
  • 火山の噴火を予期していなかった ⇨ Nobody was expecting the eruption of the volcano