Illustration: At a small Japanese intersection, a horizontal three-lamp traffic signal hangs above the roadway, with its stop lamp illuminated. A delivery van and a cyclist wait behind the painted stop line while pedestrians finish crossing the zebra crossing.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

信しん号ごう

shingou

traffic light

Example sentences

信号しんごうが青あおに変かわったわよ。
The traffic light turned green.
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信号しんごうは青あおだ。
The traffic signal is green.
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信号しんごうは赤あかだった。
The signal was red.
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Kanji in 信号

信faith; truthOnシン
号nickname; numberOnゴウKunさけぶ・よびな

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