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開炉

Reading

Kana: かいろ
Romaji: kairo
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)

See also: 閉炉

Kanji

開
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
炉
Readings: ロ、 いろり
Meanings: hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor