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電球 (でんきゅう): light bulb — Japanese vocabulary

電球 is read でんきゅう and means "light bulb". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

電球

Reading
でんきゅう · denkyuu
Translation
light bulb
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
でんきゅうが

Example

トーマス・エジソンは電球を発明した。

トーマス・エジソンはでんきゅうをはつめいした。

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

Kanji in this word

  • 電 — electricity
  • 球 — ball, sphere

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