蝋燭

See also: 蠟燭 and 蜡烛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝋	燭
ろう Hyōgai	そく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	goon

Alternative spellings
蠟燭 (kyūjitai) 蝋烛 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーそく [ròósóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ろーそく [ròósókúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

蝋(ろう)燭(そく) or 蝋燭(ロウソク) or 蝋燭(ローソク) • (rōsoku) ^{←らふそく (rafusoku) or ラフソク (rafusoku)^?}

a candle (a light source)

Derived terms

蝋(ろう)燭(そく)足(あし)／蠟(ろう)燭(そく)足(あし) (rōsoku ashi)
蝋(ろう)燭(そく)鞘(ざや)／蠟(ろう)燭(そく)鞘(ざや) (rōsoku zaya)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN