Noun
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.
see 鑽る
purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
Also written 鑽火【きりび】、切り火【きりび】、鑽り火【きりび】、鑚火【きりび】、鑚り火【きりび】