走そう馬ま灯とう

noun

revolving lantern

A traditional lantern with a rotating inner cylinder that projects moving images, often depicting horses or scenes.

• 夏なつ祭まつりで走そう馬ま灯とうを見みた。

  I saw a revolving lantern at the summer festival.

noun

life flashing before one's eyes; ever-changing scene

Idiomatic use, often in the phrase 走馬灯のように, likening a rapid succession of memories or images to the revolving lantern's moving pictures.

See also: 走馬灯のように駆け巡る

• 事じ故この瞬しゅん間かん、走そう馬ま灯とうのようにこれまでの人じん生せいが思おもい浮うかんだ。

  At the moment of the accident, my life flashed before my eyes like a revolving lantern.