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ランプ芯 (ranpushin) Japanese meaning: lamp wick | Kotomora

ランプ芯しん

Meanings

1

lamp wick

Refers to the wick of an oil lamp or similar lighting device.

ランプ芯しんが焦こげてきたので、新あたらしいのに交こう換かんした。
The lamp wick was getting charred, so I replaced it with a new one.

Kanji

芯wick

Related words

芯しん
General term for a wick or core; ランプ芯 specifically refers to a lamp wick.

Built from

ランプ+芯しん

Etymology

Compound of ランプ, borrowed from Dutch lamp, and 芯, “wick” or “core.”