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Keyword

lamp

Info

Frequency	Top 1000-1100
Type	Kyōiku (4th grade) ?
	Shinjitai ?
Kanken	Level 7
Heisig	177
Old form	燈
Readings	とう (41%) とも (13%) とぼ (13%) あか (12%) あかり (7%) ちん (4%) ひ (1%) ともし (1%) どう (1%)
	どんともしびほああかし

Composed of

fire

street

Mnemonic

From the distance it might seem like there's fire on the street, but that's just a street lamp.

Used in vocabulary (250 in total)

(a) light; lights; lamp

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

街がい灯とう

street light; streetlamp

Examples (37 in total)

すべての灯あかりが消きえた。

All the lights went out.

灯あかりが消きえている。

The lights are out.

灯あかりが突とつ然ぜん消きえて暗くらくなった。

The lights suddenly went out and it become dark.