焼け落ちる

Reading

Kana: やけおちる

Romaji: yakeochiru

Definition

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to be burned down

Kanji

焼

Readings: ショウ、 や.く、 や.き、 や.き-、 -や.き、 や.ける

Meanings: bake, burning

落

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

Example Sentences

その城(しろ)は焼(や)け落(お)ちた。

➥The castle was burnt to ashes.

２０軒(けん)もの家(いえ)が焼(や)け落(お)ちた。

➥No less than twenty houses were burnt down.

彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の家(いえ)が焼(や)け落(お)ちるのを見(み)て正気(しょうき)を失(うしな)った。

➥He lost his reason when he saw his house burn down.

その家(いえ)は焼(や)け落(お)ちた。

➥The house has burnt down.

火事(かじ)で町(まち)の半分(はんぶん)が焼(や)け落(お)ちた。

➥Half of the town burnt down in the fire.