灯

Meaning

灯 centers on a source of light, especially a lamp or light fixture. It also serves as a counter for lights, extending naturally from the core idea of a lamp.

• 灯ひ
  N3

  light; lamp

• 点灯てんとう

  lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

• 電灯でんとう
  N4

  electric light

• 灯台とうだい
  N2

  lighthouse

• 提灯ちょうちん

  paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

• 灯油とうゆ
  N2

  kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil

• 灯とう

  light; lamp

• 消灯しょうとう
  N1

  putting out the lights; turning off the lights

• 街灯がいとう

  street light; streetlamp

• 灯すともす
  N1

  to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

• 灯火とうか

  light; lamplight

• 灯るともる

  to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

• 走馬灯そうまとう

  revolving lantern

• 灯籠とうろう

  garden lantern; hanging lantern

• 探照灯たんしょうとう

  searchlight

• 行灯あんどん

  paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp

• 灯明とうみょう

  light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

• 常夜灯じょうやとう

  light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight

• 灯台守とうだいもり

  lighthouse keeper

• 風前の灯ふうぜんのともしび

  precarious situation; precarious state

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