火災 (かさい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

火災 (かさい) means fire / conflagration.

See example sentences below.

火災 at a glance

火災

かさいkasai

N3noun

fire / conflagration

火災かさいkasaiN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

fire / conflagration

Example 1

火災が起きて家が燃えた。

Translation

A fire broke out and the house burned down.

Example 2

火災報知器が鳴った。

Translation

The fire alarm went off.