Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 炎上(えんじょう) in Japanese

炎上
Kana Reading
えんじょう
Romaji
enjō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    blazing up
    Example sentence
    彼は幸運にも炎上しているビルから救出された。 He had the good fortune to be rescued from the burning building.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    destruction of a large building by fire
    Example sentence
    突然、納屋が爆発炎上した。 All of a sudden, the barn went up in flames.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog's owner can answer
    Example sentence
    船が炎上した。 The ship went up in flames.

Examples of 炎上, えんじょう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

炎 JLPT 1

8 strokes

inflammation, flame, blaze

On'Yomi: エン

Kun'Yomi: ほのお

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上 JLPT 5

3 strokes

above, up

On'Yomi: ジョウ, ショウ, シャン

Kun'Yomi: うえ, -うえ, うわ-, かみ, あ.げる, -あ.げる, あ.がる, -あ.がる, あ.がり, -あ.がり, のぼ.る, のぼ.り, のぼ.せる, のぼ.す, よ.す

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