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1 exact word match found in search '八方行灯'
noun
large hanging paper lantern  (see also: 八間)
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17 partial word matches found in search '八方行灯'
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numeric
eight  (捌 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
2. large hanging lantern  (see also: 八方行灯)
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numeric
eight  (originally from Chinese 'bā')
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noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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noun
1. direction; way  (also ほう)
2. person; lady; gentleman  (honorific)
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noun
1. surrounding area  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
2. shore (of the sea)  (this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
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suffix
1. honorific pluralizing suffix (used only for people)
2. around (the time that, etc.); about  (also かた)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: お粗末さまでした; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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noun
1. line (i.e. of text); row; verse
2. carya (austerities)  (Buddhist term)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. going; travelling (traveling)
2. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
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noun
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
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Most common form: 灯火
noun
light; lamp; torch
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noun
light; lamp  (archaic)
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noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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noun
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp  (see also: 御明かし)
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noun
1. light; lamp  (this meaning is restricted to form 灯)
2. baiting deer with a lighted torch  (esp. 照射)
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noun
1. light; lamp
suffix, counter
2. counter for electric lights
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