N2871/1725

蛍けい光こう灯とう

nounnoun (generic)dated term

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けいこうとう

Meanings

fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light
person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake

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Example sentences

蛍光灯けいこうとうが切きれたので、新あたらしいものに交換こうかんしてください。

The fluorescent light has burned out, so please replace it with a new one.

この部屋へやの蛍光灯けいこうとうはちらつきがひどくて目めが疲つかれる。

The fluorescent light in this room flickers badly and strains my eyes.

省しょうエネのために、蛍光灯けいこうとうからLEDに変かえる家庭かていが増ふえている。

More and more households are switching from fluorescent lamps to LEDs to save energy.

彼女かのじょは蛍光灯けいこうとうなところがあって、冗談じょうだんを言いってもしばらくしてから笑わらい出だす。

She tends to be slow on the uptake, and even when you tell her a joke, she only starts laughing a little while later.

オフィスの天井てんじょうに取とり付つけられた蛍光灯けいこうとうが、会議室かいぎしつ全体ぜんたいを均一きんいつに照てらしていた。

The fluorescent lights installed on the office ceiling illuminated the entire conference room evenly.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)