ash
$ \mathrm{ash}^1 | aSH |
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noun
the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance: 物質の燃焼の後に残る粉状の残留物
灰, 燃え殻
e.g. cigarette ash: 煙草の吸殻
e.g. a day's worth of paper burned to ashes.: 1日分の紙が灰になった
(ashes) the remains of something destroyed; ruins: 破壊されたものの残り; 廃墟
〖～es〗 灰燼（かいじん）, 火事, 燃え跡; 残骸, 廃墟
e.g. the people are really living in the ashes of those traditions and institutions.: その人達はそれらの伝統と慣例の残骸の中で本当に生きている。
(ashes) the remains of the human body after cremation or burning: 火葬や燃焼後の人間の遺体の残り
〖～es〗 (火葬後の)遺灰, 遺骨; ｟文｠ 遺体, 亡骸（なきがら） (!日本語では遺骨というが, boneは通例この意味で用いない)
e.g. his ashes were scattered on a Welsh mountainside.: 彼の遺灰はウェールズの山腹に撒かれた。
powdery material thrown out by a volcano: 火山から発せられた粉状の物質
火山灰
e.g. the plains have been showered by volcanic ash.: その平原は火山灰が雨のように注がれた。
the mineral component of an organic substance, as assessed from the residue left after burning: 燃焼後に残った残留物から評価されたものとしての、有機化合物の鉱物性の成分
e.g. coal contains higher levels of ash than premium fuels.: 石炭は高級燃料よりも高いレベルの灰を含む
PHRASES
(turn to) ashes in one's mouth
become bitterly disappointing or worthless: they found words such as “heroic” turn to ashes in their mouths during the scandal.
rise from the ashes / emerge from the ashes
be renewed after destruction: Atlanta has risen from the ashes. see rise like a phoenix from the ashes (at phoenix).
ORIGIN
Old English æsce, aexe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch as and German Asche.
$ \mathrm{ash}^2 | aSH |
noun
1. (also ash tree) a tree with silver-gray bark and compound leaves. The ash is widely distributed throughout north temperate regions where it can form forests.
Genus Fraxinus, family Oleaceae: many species, including the North American white ash (F. americana) and the European ash (F. excelsior).
the hard pale wood of the ash tree.
with modifier any of a number of unrelated trees with leaves similar to the ash. See also mountain ash.
2. an Old English runic letter, ᚫ, a vowel intermediate between a and e. It is represented in the Roman alphabet by the symbol æ or Æ (see also Æ). so named from the word of which it was the first letter.
ORIGIN
Old English æsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch es and German Esche.