to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
(electric) torch; flashlight
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
putting out the light; switching off the light
garden lantern; hanging lantern
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
emergency light; emergency lamp
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
precarious situation; precarious state
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
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
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
precarious situation; precarious state
garden lantern; hanging lantern
light trap (for killing insects)
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
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 offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
room light; interior light
to sing someone's praises; to give someone a boost; (lit.) to carry a lantern
light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch
emergency exit light; guide light
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.
flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
interior light (train, etc.)
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
magic lantern; slide projector
reading light; reading lamp
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
garden lantern; hanging lantern
to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering
sodium-vapor lamp; sodium-vapour lamp
aircraft warning lights; airplane warning lights; obstacle light; obstruction light
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
lantern bearer; flatterer; booster; brown-noser
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light
puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic article
tail-light (taillight); tail lamp (taillamp); rear light
lantern bearer; flatterer; booster; brown-noser
Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
Buddhist lantern festival
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
large paper lantern on a pole
(illuminated) emergency exit signs
lantern ghost; demonic lantern
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
Buddhist lantern festival
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
white paper lantern used at funerals
light trap; electric insect killer; bug zapper
votive lantern in a shrine or temple
three-legged stone lantern
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
portable paper lantern for walking at night
paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store
nine gates; winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit
running lights; sidelight; side light
white paper lantern used at funerals
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
lamps lit at night in spring
cylindrical paper lantern
two ill-matched things; two poorly balanced things; (lit.) temple bells to paper lanterns
flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
gas discharge lamp starter; fluorescent lamp starter; glow starter
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
early evening; dusk; lamp-lighting time; lighting-up time
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
(nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)
flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp
Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)
Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light
jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
early evening; dusk; lamp-lighting time; lighting-up time
tall lamp or candle stand; tall candlestick
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead
triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)
flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern
running lights; sidelight; side light
two ill-matched things; two poorly balanced things; (lit.) temple bells to paper lanterns
Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea)
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar); roadside lamp that stays lit all night
wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia); sun splurge
theatrical light; instrument (US theatre light); lantern (UK theatre light); stage light
large hanging paper lantern
Enshū lantern; cylindrical paper lantern
lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)
hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores
advance warning light (e.g. with road hazards, trains, elevators, etc.)
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)
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)
the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading
redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)
Chionarctia nivea (species of ermine moth)
Mycena lux-coeli (bioluminescent species of mushroom)