明かり
N3あかり akari
- lamplight
- light (in general)
- brightness
noun
Chinese meanings
灯光;亮光;灯
Examples
- どうか明かりをつけて下さい。Turn on the light, please.请把灯打开。
- この明かりで字を読もうとすれば目が悪くなるよ。You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.在这样的光线下读字,眼睛会变坏的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b36b0a71b9'); // 明かり
{
"id": "b36b0a71b9",
"word": "明かり",
"reading": "あかり",
"romaji": "akari",
"meanings": [
"lamplight",
"light (in general)",
"brightness"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1586210,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうか明かりをつけて下さい。",
"furigana": "どうか{明|あ}かりをつけて{下|くだ}さい。",
"en": "Turn on the light, please.",
"tatoeba_id": 201607
},
{
"ja": "この明かりで字を読もうとすれば目が悪くなるよ。",
"furigana": "この{明|あ}かりで{字|じ}を{読|よ}もうとすれば{目|め}が{悪|わる}くなるよ。",
"en": "You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.",
"tatoeba_id": 219463
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "53bb9a10597ec2013c2cba90be171d3ce9ce54c0274a9c47f7f368d01394caf7",
"meanings": [
"灯光",
"亮光",
"灯"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうか明かりをつけて下さい。",
"zh": "请把灯打开。"
},
{
"ja": "この明かりで字を読もうとすれば目が悪くなるよ。",
"zh": "在这样的光线下读字,眼睛会变坏的。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/b36b0a71b9",
"JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1586210",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "9ef0057b8330313a460a077de9758098a72dc003479d3588c6704be64b9a8b8d"
}
}