灯台 (Toudai) is a Japanese noun meaning “lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it”.
Meanings
- nounlighthouse
- nounold-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
Examples
遠い灯台のかすかな光を見た。
We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.
遠方にほの白い灯台が立っていた。
In the distance, there stood a dimly white lighthouse.
灯台はきらきらと光を放っていた。
The lighthouse was beaming forth rays of light.
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