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Wooden buildings catch fire easily.
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mokuzoukenchikubutsu
noun
  1. wooden (timber) building
mokuzoukenchiku
noun
  1. wooden building; wooden architecture
mokuzou
no adjective, noun
  1. wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
kenchikubutsu
noun
  1. building; structure
kenchiku
noun, suru verb
  1. construction; architecture (of buildings)
butsu
noun
  1. stock; products
  2. stolen goods; loot; spoils
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
higatsuku

masu stem

higatsuki
godan verb
  1. to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
hi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. fire; flame; blaze
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
tsuku

masu stem

tsuki
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted
  2. to catch fire
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
yasui
suffix, i adjective
  1. likely to ...; have a tendency to ... (after -masu stem of verb)
  2. easy to ... (after -masu stem of verb)

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