点てん灯とう
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
1. lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
Kanji used
Pitch accent
てんとう
Used in vocabulary
点てん灯とう管かん
gas discharge lamp starter; fluorescent lamp starter; glow starter
Noun
点てん灯とう夫ふ
lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights
Noun
Examples1
Paris is called the City of Lights. Many beautiful buildings are lit at night.