灯火

とうか

Also written 燈火

Meanings

1. Noun light; lamplight

Kanji

• 灯 lamp. Read as トウ.
• 火 fire. Read as カ.

Example sentences

• 遠くに灯火が見えた。
  I saw a light in the distance.
• その家は灯火で赤々と輝いていた。
  The house was ablaze with lights.

Words containing 灯火

• 灯火管制 (とうかかんせい) blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
• 無灯火 (むとうか) without lights
• 新涼灯火 (しんりょうとうか) the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading

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