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：2026/01/08
灯
Hiragana
とう
Affix
broadly
Japanese Meaning
灯（とう／-とう）は、日本語の接尾辞で、「灯り」「ランプ」「ライト」など、光を発する道具・装置を表す語につく。電灯・街灯・航路標識灯など。「電灯」は電気で光る灯り、「街灯」は街路を照らす灯りを指す。 / 転じて、仏教における「法灯」「仏法の教え」を象徴的に表すことがある。「灯火」「灯明」が仏教の教え・悟りの光を意味することから。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ことばのあとにつき、あかりやともしびのいみにすることば。ほとけのみちのおしえをさすこともある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
表示灯、灯具的词缀 / （引申）佛教教法、法灯的象征
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
作為接尾詞，表示「燈、燈具」 / 引申為「佛法、法燈」
Korean Meaning
등, 등불을 뜻하는 접사 / (불교) 가르침·법맥을 비유하는 접사
Indonesian
lampu / cahaya / (kiasan) ajaran Buddha
Vietnamese Meaning
đèn; ánh đèn / ánh sáng / (ẩn dụ) giáo pháp Phật; truyền thừa giáo pháp
Tagalog Meaning
ilaw / lampara / aral ng Budismo
Sense（1）
light, lamp
Sense（2）
(by extension) Buddhist teaching
（ romanization ）
（ kyūjitai ）
（ hiragana ）
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灯
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Please turn on the light in the room.
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部屋の灯をつけてください。
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