点ける: 8 Terms and Phrases
- 点ける
- to turn on
- to switch on
- to light up
- 火を点ける
- to ignite
- to set fire to
- to spark (an incident, etc.)
- to inflame (a situation, etc.)
- kindle
- 灯を点ける
- to turn on the light
- 電灯を点ける
- to turn (switch) on an electric lamp
- 煙草盆の炭火に雁首を近づけて火を点ける。
- Fire up the kiseru, moving the gankubi closer to charcoal fire on a tobacco tray.
- ポケットからとりだした樺の樹皮にマッチで火を点ける。
- The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch-bark that he took from his pocket.
- 手荒な真似をされそうになった時は、電灯を一旦消し、それからまた点けるという手筈になっています」
- and if he tries any brutality she's going to turn the light out and on again.'
- 『平家物語』では、福井庄下司次郎太夫友方が明りを点ける為に民家に火をかけたところ風にあおられて延焼して大惨事になってしまっている。
- According to the 'Heike Monogatari' (The Tales of the Taira Family), it was Fukui no sho Geshi (administrator of Fukui no sho manor), Jiro-dayu Tomokata, who set fire to private houses for light, but inadvertently caused a terrible disaster when the fire caught the wind and spread.
