Illustration: In an Edo-period home after dusk, a parent adjusts the wick of a small oil lamp sheltered inside a paper-sided standing lantern. The modest flame visibly illuminates the parent's hands, a child's face and a cloth toy being repaired nearby.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

灯ひ

hi

light, lamp

It can also be read あかり. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 窓まどに灯ひがともっていた。

    There was a light burning in the window.

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  2. 寝ねる前まえに部屋へやの灯ひを消けした。

    I turned off the room light before going to bed.

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  3. 遠とおくの店みせの灯ひが見みえた。

    I could see the light of a shop in the distance.

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Kanji in 灯

  • 灯lamp; a lightOnトウKunひ・ほ-・ともしび

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