Nounstriking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. · purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbboring; punching

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)

Nounboring machine; punching machine; perforator

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off · to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach · to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)

Nounpunched tape; (perforated) paper tape