Illustration: During rehearsal in a Japanese community theater, a technician turns a stage lamp toward a seated amateur storyteller. The lamp’s visible beam now reaches the performer’s face, hands and cushion, while the unused side of the stage remains dim.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

照しょう明めい

shoumei

lighting

Example sentences

我々われわれは明あかるさを抑おさえた照明しょうめいの中なかでダンスをした。
We danced in the subdued lighting.
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人ひとのいない部屋へやの照明しょうめいをこまめに消けす。
Take care to turn off lights in rooms when nobody’s in them.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
薄暗うすぐらい照明しょうめいの中なかで、彼女かのじょの顔かおがはっきり見みえなかった。
Her face was not clear in the poor light.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 照明

照illuminate; shineOnショウKunてる・てらす・てれる
明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ

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