ランタン
らんたん
noun
lantern
1.
lantern; portable lamp
A portable light source, especially the kind used for camping, outdoor activities, or emergency lighting. Can be gas-powered, battery-operated, or LED.
ランタンを灯す。
Light a lantern.
キャンプにはLEDランタンが便利だ。
LED lanterns are handy for camping.
停電に備えて、ランタンと予備の電池を用意しておいた。
I prepared a lantern and spare batteries in case of a power outage.
A loanword from English/Dutch "lantern." In modern Japanese, ランタン most often evokes camping and outdoor lanterns.
USAGE:
ランタン is the standard word for portable lanterns used outdoors, especially in camping contexts. For traditional Japanese or Chinese paper lanterns, 提灯 is used instead. Decorative lanterns at festivals or Chinese-style lanterns hung for the Lantern Festival may also be called ランタン in modern media.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- LEDランタン: LED lantern
- ガスランタン: gas lantern
- ランタンを灯す: to light a lantern
- ランタンの明かり: lantern light
- キャンプ用ランタン: camping lantern
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 提灯: paper lantern — the traditional Japanese collapsible paper lantern, used at festivals and outside izakaya
- 灯籠: stone or metal lantern — decorative garden or shrine lanterns
- 懐中電灯: flashlight — a handheld directional light, not ambient like a lantern