🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

燃えている

Pronunciation / Transliteration: moete iru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flaming/ˈfleɪ.mɪŋ/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"燃えている松明が暗い道を照らした。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Emitting flames; burning.

    "The flaming torch illuminated the dark path."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of flame; to burn brightly.

    "The campfire was flaming brightly against the night sky."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'flaming' originates from the Old English 'flamian', which means 'to flame or blaze'. It has evolved through Middle English, where it was used to describe something that is on fire or resembling fire, and has taken on additional meanings in modern usage, including metaphorical senses.

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