灯とう明みょう

noun

votive light; light offered to a deity or Buddha

A light, typically an oil lamp or candle, placed on a Buddhist altar or Shinto shrine as an offering.

• 仏ぶつ壇だんに灯とう明みょうをあげる。

  I offer a votive light at the Buddhist altar.

• お寺てらで灯とう明みょうが静しずかに揺ゆれていた。

  The votive lights flickered quietly in the temple.