線香花火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
線	香	花	火
せん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 4	はな Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんこーはなび [sèńkóóháꜜnàbì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋko̞ːha̠na̠bʲi]

Noun

線(せん)香(こう)花(はな)火(び) • (senkō hanabi)

sparkler (a type of firework)
線香花火(せんこうはなび)のように散(ち)っていった。
Senkō hanabi no yō ni chitteitta.
It died out with sparks like a firework.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN