Keyword
lamp
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig177
Old form燈
Readings
とう
(41%)
とも
(13%)
とぼ
(13%)
あか
(12%)
ちん
(4%)
ひ
(1%)
どう
(1%)
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
street light; streetlamp
Examples (37 in total)
All the lights went out.
The lights are out.
The lights suddenly went out and it become dark.
We could see the lights of the town in the distance.
This flashlight is getting dim.
I shone a flashlight into the dark room.
Does anyone have a flashlight?
No one had a flashlight.
The policeman signaled the car to stop with a flashlight.
Lucy turned on the light switch.
Please turn off the light before you go to bed.
She turned off the lights so she could enjoy the moonlight.
Please turn off the light when you leave the room.
The electric light went out.
Switch off the light. I can't get to sleep.
There are no lights hanging from the roof in the room.
I must replace that fluorescent lamp.
The light went on.
Tom pulled a flashlight out of his jacket pocket.
This flashlight needs two batteries.
The lights in the kitchen burned all night.
Oh no! It's a power outage! Hey, where was the flashlight again?
My uncle works in a lighthouse.
Tom is holding a lit candle in his right hand.
Please turn off the lights when you leave the room.
This stove uses kerosene.
This isn't water. It's kerosene.
A truck selling kerosene came.
It smells like kerosene.
Bears love the smell of kerosene.
In places where it snows a lot, kerosene is an indispensable item.
Please light a candle.
I saw a light in the distance.
In the distance, there stood a dimly white lighthouse.
The invention of electric light is accredited to Edison.
Turn on the light. I can't see anything.
Tom turned on the car's fog lights.