Illustration: At a modest Japanese neighborhood intersection, a horizontal three-lamp traffic signal hangs prominently above the roadway with its stop lamp illuminated. A compact car and a small delivery van wait behind the stop line.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

信しん号ごう機き

shingouki

traffic light

A green traffic light is called 青 in Japanese. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 信号機しんごうきはいつも作動さどうしている。

    Traffic lights work all the time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 信号機しんごうきが赤あかの間あいだは道路どうろを渡わたるな。

    Don’t cross the road when the signal is red.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 信号機しんごうきは「赤あか・黄き・青あお」の3色しょくです。

    Traffic lights have three colours: red, amber and green.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 信号機

  • 信faith; truthOnシン
  • 号nickname; numberOnゴウKunさけぶ・よびな
  • 機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた

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