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灯 kanji
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
ひほ-ともしびともすあかり
Variant forms
燈Words with 灯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —吊り灯籠hanging lantern
- —灯台草科Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
- —龕灯返しrotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
- —けいこう灯fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
- —秋田竿灯祭Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
- —まわり灯篭revolving lantern
- —スズラン灯street light shaped as a lily-of-the-valley
- —灯台もと暗しit is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
- —電灯を点けるto turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
- —秋田竿灯祭りAkita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
- —切組み灯籠絵paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
- —秋田竿灯まつりAkita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
- —切り組み灯籠絵paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
- —走馬灯の様に駆け巡るto flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
- —走馬灯のようにかけめぐるto flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)