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灯体とうたいNounFreq #265866
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theatrical light; instrument (US theatre light); lantern (UK theatre light); stage light

灯台草燈台草とうだいぐさトウダイグサNoun
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wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia); sun splurge

灯涼しひすずし燈涼しExpression
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coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)

灯標とうひょうNoun
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light beacon

灯浮標とうふひょうNoun
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light buoy; floating light

月明かり月あかりつきあかり月明りNounFreq #8999
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moonlight

Examples
二人は手を取り合って月明かりの中を歩いた。
The couple walked holding hands in the moonlight.
街灯がいとう街燈NounFreq #10355
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street light; streetlamp

Examples
このことは家が沈み始め、道路が裂けて街灯が途方もない角度に傾きつつあることを意味する。
This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles.
懐中電灯かいちゅうでんとう懐中電燈NounFreq #13339
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(electric) torch; flashlight

Examples
この懐中電灯は明かりが弱くなってきた。
This flashlight is getting dim.
電灯でんとう電燈NounFreq #15025
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electric light

Examples
ルーシーは電灯のスイッチをつけた。
Lucy turned on the light switch.
提灯ちょうちん挑灯提燈NounFreq #15855
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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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提灯 only; Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial

snot bubble

蛍光灯けいこうとうNounFreq #16449
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fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light

Examples
蛍光灯がチカチカしてるな。新しいのと交換しないとダメかな。
This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.
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Dated term

person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

Examples
ハリーは本当に蛍光灯だね。
Harry's really slow to catch on.
点灯てんとうNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #20814
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lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

Examples
パリは灯の都と呼ばれています。多くの美しい建物が夜になると点灯されます。
Paris is called the City of Lights. Many beautiful buildings are lit at night.
走馬灯そうまとう走馬燈NounFreq #24050
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revolving lantern

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Idiomatic expression; Esp. 〜のように

ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)

消灯しょうとう消燈NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #29448
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putting out the lights; turning off the lights

明かりを消す灯りを消すあかりをけすExpressionGodan verbFreq #33217
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to turn the lights off

Examples
あかりを消してもかまいませんか。
Do you mind if I turn off the light?
行灯あんどんあんどう行燈NounFreq #34865
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paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp

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Colloquial

taxi roof light

外灯がいとうNounFreq #36928
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outside light

消灯時間しょうとうじかんNounFreq #41854
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lights-out time

非常灯ひじょうとうNounFreq #43020
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emergency light; emergency lamp

常夜灯じょうやとう常夜燈NounFreq #49462
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light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight

風前の灯風前の灯火風前のともし火風前のともしびふうぜんのともしび風前之灯NounExpressionFreq #50018
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Idiomatic expression

precarious situation; precarious state

Examples
あなたの首は風前のともし火だ。
Your job hangs by a thread.
ガス灯ガスとう《瓦斯灯》ガス燈NounFreq #55929
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gas light; gas lamp

ほおずき酸漿鬼灯鬼燈ほおづきホオズキほうずきぬかずき (酸漿)かがち (酸漿)NounUsually kanaFreq #57460
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ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant

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children's noisemaking toy

誘蛾灯ゆうがとうNounFreq #64518
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light trap (for killing insects)

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