Difference between Fire : 火【ひ】and 火事【かじ】?


Both of them mean fire. But what are the difference between the two ?

For the sentence : There is a fire in my room. Can I use both of them ?

And what about for the sentence : Fire is part of the 5 elements.




火事 means "fire" like what you shout when a building is burning down. Or when
we say "my house was lost in a fire", it's that "fire". The big kind that
burns things it isn't supposed to.

火 is a more generic word for fire. It's what's on a candle or a torch or in a
fireplace.

For your first sentence...it depends on if the fire is burning down your
room(火事), or if you have a candle or a fireplace that's lit(火). So, yes you
can use both, but it means (very) different things.

For your second sentence, I believe you could use 火. I seem to recall my Yu-
gi-oh! cards using 炎{ほのお} which is "flame, blaze", but I'm not sure what
meaning you can derive from that...




火事 means "fire" like what you shout when a building is burning down. Or when
we say "my house was lost in a fire", it's that "fire". The big kind that
burns things it isn't supposed to.

火 is a more generic word for fire. It's what's on a candle or a torch or in a
fireplace.

For your first sentence...it depends on if the fire is burning down your
room(火事), or if you have a candle or a fireplace that's lit(火). So, yes you
can use both, but it means (very) different things.

For your second sentence, I believe you could use 火. I seem to recall my Yu-
gi-oh! cards using 炎{ほのお} which is "flame, blaze", but I'm not sure what
meaning you can derive from that...

