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Let’s learn Japanese kanji 灯 together!

今回の漢字は『灯』です。

灯 - とう、ひ a lamp; a light

提灯 - ちょうちん a paper lantern

提灯で足元を照らす - ちょうちんであしもとをてらす to light up one’s way with a paper lantern

石灯籠 - いしとうろう a stone garden lantern

灯台 - とうだい a lighthouse

灯(火) - ともしび light, lamp, torch

灯明 - とうみょう a votive light, a consecrated light

※ 金燈籠 - かなどうろう an iron or bronze temple lantern

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P.S. Have you already learnt the the kanji meaning ”light”?

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Japanese proverb 諺:

人生は風前の灯 - じんせいはふうぜんのともしび Human life is but a span. / Life is short (and frail).

(lit. Life is a candle light in before the wind.)

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