野火

Noun

 * 1) prairie fire; wildfire; bush fire
 * 2) farm fire

Etymology 1
Compound of.

An ancient variant seen in eastern Japan uses the dialectal reading nu for 野.

Noun

 * 1) a controlled burn set in early spring to clear away brush from mountain fields
 * 2) a wildfire

Etymology 2
Compound of.

The kun'yomi for is usually hi, but it can appear as ho or fu, particularly in older compounds.

The soku changes to soke due to conjugation of the verb. Grammatically, the of soki was used for intransitive senses, and the stem form of soke was used for the transitive senses.

The kanji 野火 are an example of jukujikun.

Noun

 * 1) a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material

Usage notes
The more common word for this is,.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) a controlled burn set to clear away brush from fields
 * 2) a fire set in a field
 * 3) a wildfire
 * 4) a will o' the wisp