常じょう夜や灯とう

noun

nightlight; all-night lamp

A light kept burning throughout the night, often for safety, religious, or decorative purposes. Can refer to small modern nightlights or traditional lamps.

• 廊ろう下かに常じょう夜や灯とうをつけておく。

  I leave a nightlight on in the hallway.

• 神じん社じゃの常じょう夜や灯とうが夜よ道みちを照てらしていた。

  The shrine's all-night lamp lit the path at night.