piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
fuel and water; firewood and water; gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework
noh theater performed at night by a fire
wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)
menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly
wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
kindling burned in shrines and temples; special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year); kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period
having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; (lit.) trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling