Illustration: At a campsite beside a Japanese lakeside campground, an adult holds a small pocket lighter to the wick of a candle lantern. Their thumb presses the lighter’s ignition mechanism, and a short flame rises directly from its metal top to meet the wick.

ライター

raitaa

lighter

ライター also means writer as a separate loanword. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ライター持もってる？
Have you got a lighter?
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その子こはライターで火遊ひあそびをしていた。
He was playing with a lighter.
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お客様きゃくさま、テーブルにライターをお忘わすれですよ。
Sir, you have left your lighter on the table.
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