Kanji灯
Readingとう
Frequency41%
Used in (124 in total)
street light; streetlamp
(electric) torch; flashlight
electric light
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
light; lamplight
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
garden lantern; hanging lantern
outside light
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
emergency light; emergency lamp
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
gas light; gas lamp
square hand-lantern
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
light trap (for killing insects)
street light; streetlamp
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
emergency exit light; guide light
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
room light; interior light
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles
light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.
incandescent lamp
flicker of light
headlight (on a vehicle)
blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
lighthouse keeper
phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering
magic lantern; slide projector
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
(lamp) wick
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar); roadside lamp that stays lit all night
interior light (train, etc.)
astral lamp; shadowless lamp; surgical light; operating light
without lights
sodium-vapor lamp; sodium-vapour lamp
reading light; reading lamp
signal light; semaphore
(anti-aircraft) searchlight
to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
sky lantern (light paper lantern elevated by hot air from the flame)
without lights
lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights
aircraft warning lights; airplane warning lights; obstacle light; obstruction light
Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
tail light; tail lamp; rear light
sacred light
electrical light wiring
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
lighting of a lamp
(illuminated) emergency exit signs
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
light of Buddhism
light trap; electric insect killer; bug zapper
votive lantern in a shrine or temple
solitary light
nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit
full light (setting)
brake light; stoplight
lamps lit at night in spring
street light shaped as a lily-of-the-valley
fog lamp; fog light
running lights; sidelight; side light
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
light buoy; floating light
gas discharge lamp starter; fluorescent lamp starter; glow starter
ship's lamp
(nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
tall lamp or candle stand; tall candlestick
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
one's mite; widow's mite; (lit.) one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)
headlight (on a vehicle)
theatrical light; instrument (US theatre light); lantern (UK theatre light); stage light
low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead
paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
advance warning light (e.g. with road hazards, trains, elevators, etc.)
the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading
Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)
wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia); sun splurge
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
lights to lure fish
votive lantern
Bon Festival lantern