秉へい燭しょく

noun

holding a lamp in one's hand

Rare literary noun describing the act of holding a lamp or candle; not used in modern everyday Japanese.

• 「秉へい燭しょく」は、手てに灯あかりを持もっている様よう子すを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  「秉燭」 is an old word that describes the state of holding a lamp in one's hand.

noun

early evening; dusk

Rare literary noun for the time when one would need to hold a lamp; essentially synonymous with early evening or dusk.

• 古こ典てんでは「秉へい燭しょく」が夕ゆう暮ぐれ時どきを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, 「秉燭」 can refer to the time of dusk.