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燭: candle

candle; light
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Readings

On
ソク・ショク
Kun
ともしび

蝋燭 (ろうそく) uses ソク; ショク appears in 燭台 (candlestick) and the formal 華燭の典 (wedding ceremony).

Key words

蝋燭ろうそくcandle
燭台しょくだいcandlestick
手燭てしょくhand-held candlestick
華燭の典かしょくのてんwedding ceremony

Example sentences

The power went out, so we lit candles and ate dinner.

A silver candlestick had been placed in the middle of the dining table.

Surrounded by friends, the two held their wedding ceremony.

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