Word Meaning 灯台

とうだい toudai

灯台 is read as とうだい (toudai) and means lighthouse.

Meaning

English

  1. lighthouse
  2. old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

Reading

Kana

とうだい

Romaji

toudai

Writing Variants

  • 燈台 とうだい toudai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 6496 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

灯台下暗し

とうだいもとくらし

it is darkest under the lamp post

灯台守

とうだいもり

lighthouse keeper

灯台草科

とうだいぐさか

Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)

灯台草

とうだいぐさ

wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia)

高灯台

たかとうだい

tall lamp or candle stand

航空灯台

こうくうとうだい

aeronautical beacon

更紗灯台

さらさどうだん

redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)

あかり

lamp

light

灯油

とうゆ

kerosene

灯火

とうか

light

灯火管制

とうかかんせい

blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)