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    3. 提灯

    提灯

    提ちょう灯ちん

    paper lantern

    KMT10News #34+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    提燈挑灯

    ちょうちん

    Noun

    1.
    paper lantern, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern
    2.
    snot bubble
    word usually written using kana alonecolloquial

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    お祭まつりで提ちょう灯ちんがたくさん飾かざられていました。

    Many paper lanterns were displayed at the festival.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    居い酒ざか屋やの入いり口ぐちには、赤あか提ちょう灯ちんがぶら下さがっていることが多おおい。

    Red paper lanterns are often hung at the entrance of izakaya.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining
    京きょう都との祇ぎ園おん祭まつりでは、美うつくしい提ちょう灯ちんが夜よるの街まちを彩いろどります。

    During Kyoto's Gion Festival, beautiful paper lanterns adorn the night streets.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    昔むかしながらの商しょう店てん街がいには、提ちょう灯ちんの明あかりが温あたたかく灯ともっています。

    In the old-fashioned shopping street, the warm light of paper lanterns is lit.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    提ちょう灯ちんは、単たんなる照しょう明めい器き具ぐとしてだけでなく、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうする存そん在ざいとして世せか界い中じゅうで認にん識しきされています。

    Paper lanterns are recognized worldwide not just as simple lighting fixtures, but as symbols of traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    提
    さ.げる…(3)
    propose・take along・carry in hand
    灯
    ひ・ほ-・ともしび・とも.す・あかり…(1)
    lamp・a light・light・counter for lights
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