Illustration: Inside an older neighborhood alterations shop, a shopkeeper stands on a short stepladder beneath a ceiling fixture containing two long fluorescent tubes. One tube glows evenly while the other has darkened ends. The fixture's small cylindrical starter is visible beside the sockets.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

蛍けい光こう灯とう

keikoutou

fluorescent light

Example sentences

  1. 蛍光灯けいこうとうがチカチカしてるな。新あたらしいのと交換こうかんしないとダメかな。

    This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We’ll have to replace it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そこの蛍光灯けいこうとうを交換こうかんしないといけない。

    I must replace that fluorescent lamp.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 福知山ふくちやまの工場こうじょうではエレクトロニックフラッシュも含ふくめ、白熱電球はくねつでんきゅうや蛍光灯けいこうとう、デジタルカメラなども生産せいさんされる。

    Its plant in Fukuchiyama produces incandescent bulbs, fluorescent bulbs and digital cameras as well as electronic flashes.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 蛍光灯

  • 蛍lightning-bug; fireflyOnケイKunほたる
  • 光ray; lightOnコウKunひかる・ひかり
  • 灯lamp; a lightOnトウKunひ・ほ-・ともしび

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