ちょうちん
Meanings
Noun
1. paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
Kanji used
propose
lamp
Pitch accent
ちょ
うち
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to sing someone's praises; to give someone a boost; (lit.) to carry a lantern
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
lantern bearer; flatterer; booster; brown-noser
puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic article
lantern ghost; demonic lantern
round paper lantern
flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
two ill-matched things; two poorly balanced things; (lit.) temple bells to paper lanterns
football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
round paper lantern
two ill-matched things; two poorly balanced things; (lit.) temple bells to paper lanterns