hanging paper lantern
A paper lantern designed to be hung outside a house or shop, often used as a sign or for illumination.
昔の店先には掛け行灯がよく見られた。
Hanging paper lanterns were often seen in front of shops in the old days.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling without okurigana.
Compound of 掛け (hanging) and 行灯 (paper lantern).