Kanji meaning pronunciation kana fire, flame hi,ka , Kare wa tabako ni hi o tsukemashita. He lit up a cigarette. Hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai. There's no smoke without fire. Kinoo no yoru, kinjo de kaji ga arimashita. There was a fire in my neighborhood last night. Saikin achikochi de kazan-katsudoo ga kappatsu ni natte imasu. Recently there has been a lot of the volcanic activities here and there.