How do you say fire in japanese?

How do you say fire in japanese?

Candyland,

See here...
http://eow.alc.co.jp/fire/UTF-8/

If you can be more specific, you'll probably get a more precise answer.

Fire in Japanese is [ hi ] as in conflagration.

Not to be confused with hai which is the word, yes.

If you're talking about a controlled fire like that of a stove/cooker, then it would be hi (火) but if it is an out of control fire, like a fire burning down a building, it would be kaji (火事).

Wouldn't 火災 (kasai) be a better term for an out of control fire or conflagration as the 災 kanji means disaster or calamity?

Yes, kasai (火災) is also an appropriate word for an out of control fire. It has the same basic meaning as kaji (火事) but kasai is a bit more formal. I would say that kaji is used more often is everyday speech...

ok, so is it hi kaji kanji or what?
I think its what. -_- .......

Its all of the above (with the exception of "kanji") depending on what your are talking about and with whom you are talking to.

no1knows, there isn't just one word for "fire" in Japanese like we have in English.

We are not giving different answers because we don't know, it's because depending on what kind of fire, there are different words in Japanese. That happens for a lot of words in a lot of languages.

So the answer is "hi", "kaji" or "kasai", depending on who is talking about what kind of fire in what situation. If you wanted one word, sorry, languages don't work like that.

Hi - A controlled fire
Kaji - An out of control fire (informal)
Kasai - An out of control fire (formal)

Not all "hi" are "controlled fire."

Example: Hi ga hirogatte kimashita.

Also there are plenty of other words that "fire" translates to:
honou, sumibi, takigi, danbouki, hiitaa, kirameki, netsu, jyounetsu, kakki, hasshasuru, makkanisuru, kubinisuru, etc., etc. etc.

Good point- fire has more meanings in English than just the hot stuff- fire as in lay someone off, fire as in launch a rocket... I think a word like hono would be better translated by "flame" though, and some of the others have other more usual translations as well.