Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment at dusk, a child pulls the cord beneath a ceiling pendant lamp. The exposed bulb illuminates the dining table, the child's upturned face, and a cat caught standing inside an empty serving bowl.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

電でん灯とう

dentou

electric light

Example sentences

  1. 寝ねる前まえに電灯でんとうを消けしてください。

    Please turn off the light before you go to bed.

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  2. 電灯でんとうが消きえた。

    The electric light went out.

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  3. 彼かれは電灯でんとうを消けし忘わすれた。

    He forgot to turn off the light.

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Kanji in 電灯

  • 電electricityOnデン
  • 灯lamp; a lightOnトウKunひ・ほ-・ともしび

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