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灯

ひ

light

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Examples

  1. 窓に灯がともっていた。

    まどにひがともっていた。

    There was a light burning in the window.

  2. 村の灯が遠くに見える。

    むらのひがとおくにみえる。

    I can see the lights of the village in the distance.

  3. 夕方になると、町のあちこちに灯がつき始める。

    ゆうがたになると、まちのあちこちにひがつきはじめる。

    When evening comes, lights start going on here and there in the town.

Common patterns

灯がともる
a light is lit
灯がつく
a light comes on
電灯
an electric lamp

Memory tip

Literary and warm — the lamplight of a house seen from outside. For an everyday light switch you say 電気をつける, not 灯. Don't confuse it with 火 (ひ, fire), which shares the reading.

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