灯台
とうだい
Also written 燈台
Meanings
- Noun lighthouse
- old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
Kanji
Example sentences
- 遠い灯台のかすかな光を見た。
We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse. - 私の叔父は灯台で働いてます。
My uncle works in a lighthouse. - 古代人は、みすぼらしい木造船を導くために哀愁漂う灯台を建てた。
The ancient ones built the sorrowful lighthouses to guide their miserable wooden ships. - どうせ、狙うなら灯台よ。
Anyway, if aiming then aim at the lighthouse.
Common phrases
Words containing 灯台
- 灯台守 (とうだいもり) lighthouse keeper
- 航空灯台 (こうくうとうだい) aeronautical beacon
- 灯台下暗し (とうだいもとくらし) it is darkest under the lamp post
And 1 more.