Illustration: In a modest home after dark, a small oil dish with a burning wick sits securely on a low wooden stand. Its flame lights the hands of a parent mending a child's sleeve and the child's face close beside them. The room beyond remains dim, with folded bedding barely visible against the wall.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

灯ともし火び

tomoshibi

light, lamp flame

灯火 can also be read とうか. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 遠とおくに灯火ともしびが見みえた。

    I saw a light in the distance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その家は灯火で赤々と輝いていた。

    The house was ablaze with lights.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 古式こしきゆかしい神事しんじから、七夕たなばたの夜よるをろうそくの灯火ともしびで彩いろどるイベントまで多様たような内容ないようである。

    Varieties of events are held from traditional shinto rituals to the event of coloring the night of tanabata by lighting candles.

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

Kanji in 灯火

  • 灯lamp; a lightOnトウKunひ・ほ-・ともす
  • 火fireOnカKunひ・ほ-

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store