ストロボ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

stroboscope; strobe lamp

Refers to the device that produces regular flashes of light, used in photography, lighting effects, or scientific observation.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from strobo

• クラブのストロボがまぶしかった。

  The strobe light at the club was dazzling.

• ストロボを使つかって動うごきを止とめて撮さつ影えいする。

  I use a stroboscope to freeze motion when shooting.

noun

camera flash

Commonly used for the flash unit on a camera. In everyday Japanese, ストロボ often means a camera flash even though it originally referred to a stroboscope.

• 暗くらかったのでストロボをたいて撮とった。

  It was dark, so I used the flash to take the picture.