灯籠

とうろう
lantern

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とうろう【灯籠】

a hanging lantern; a garden lantern; 〔神殿の〕 a (dedicatory) lantern.

●灯籠に火を入れる light a lantern.

石灯籠 a stone lantern.

盆灯籠 a (decorated) lantern for the Feast of Lanterns.

灯籠流し (the ceremony of) floating lanterns on the water (at the Bon festival).