Word Meaning 灯篭 (Tourou): Garden Lantern, Hanging Lantern

Meaning

English

garden lantern
hanging lantern

Reading

Kana

とうろう

Romaji

tourou

Writing Variants

灯ろう とうろう tourou
灯籠とうろう tourou
燈篭とうろう tourou
燈籠とうろう tourou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

石灯篭

いしどうろう

stone lantern

灯

あかり

lamp

灯

ひ

light

灯油

とうゆ

kerosene

灯台

とうだい

lighthouse

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)

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

灯明

とうみょう

light offered to a god or Buddha

灯下

とうか

place by the lamp

灯台草科

とうだいぐさか

Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)

Example Sentences

1

九頭竜明神を祭るために灯篭をながす。

Lanterns are floated to worship Great God Kuzuryū.