popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- street light, streetlamp
popular noun noun (generic)
- (licensed) red light district
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ historical term
- (visual) scrutiny, close inspection
- detailed map, detailed guide
- guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- green light (traffic)
- green light, go-ahead signal, permission to go ahead (with something)
popular noun noun (generic)
- new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period), newly-opened region
- red-light district
- newly-acquired territory
popular noun noun (generic)
- phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire
popular noun noun (generic)
- fleeting life, this transient world, floating world
- sad world, world of grief and worry
- the world of the living, this life, this world, the present world
- (the world of the) red light districts
popular noun noun (generic)
- muddy water
- red-light district
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- soft light
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to light up, to brighten