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灯台 (とうだい): lighthouse — Japanese vocabulary

灯台 is read とうだい and means "lighthouse". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

灯台

Reading
とうだい · toudai
Translation
lighthouse
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
とうだいが

Example

遠い灯台のかすかな光を見た。

とおいとうだいのかすかなひかりをみた。

We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.

Kanji in this word

  • 灯 — Lamp, A Light, Light
  • 台 — platform, counter

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