Illustration: A white lighthouse stands on a rocky Japanese headland at dusk, its glazed lantern room sending a strong beam across the water. Below, a small fishing boat follows the clear channel beyond the rocks, with its skipper looking toward the tower.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

灯とう台だい

toudai

lighthouse

Example sentences

  1. 遠とおい灯台とうだいのかすかな光ひかりを見みた。

    We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.

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  2. 遠方えんぽうにほの白しろい灯台とうだいが立たっていた。

    In the distance, there stood a dimly white lighthouse.

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  3. 灯台とうだいはきらきらと光ひかりを放はなっていた。

    The lighthouse was beaming forth rays of light.

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Kanji in 灯台

  • 灯lamp; a lightOnトウKunひ・ほ-・ともしび
  • 台pedestal; a standOnダイ・タイKunうてな・われ・つかさ

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