Word details

停電

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 停電.

Dictionary

Entry

停電ていでんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #16453
1

power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply

Examples
台風の余波で2日間停電した。
There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

停

halt, stopping

11 strokesFrequency 733JLPT N2Grade 5

On

テイ

Kun

と.めると.まる
電

electricity

13 strokesFrequency 268JLPT N4Grade 2

On

デン

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