Constant light - Jyoto

Japanese: 常灯 - じょうとう

〘noun〙① A fire that is always lit in front of a god or Buddha. A sign of hope. A constant light. A long light. A fixed light. ※Utsubo (c. 970-999) Fujiwara no Kimi "offered a lamp to the middle hall of Hiei" ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 5 "A turtledove flew first to the inner sanctuary of the main hall of the mountain gate, and flew into the oil -filled lamp of the new constant light" ② A constant light lit in the gold storehouse by a wealthy man with a fortune of over 1,000 kanme during the Edo period. ※Haiku poem Saikaku Oyakazu (1681) 26 "Koyasan is far away, and here is Nanba-dera Temple, the shadow of a strange constant light in the latter days" ③ A light that is lit at night on streets, roads, etc. Street lamp. ※Hanayagi Shunwa (1878-79)〈Translated by Oda Junichiro〉 1 “If the boy takes the path to the left of this, there will always be a light.”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 神仏の前にいつも点灯しておく火。みあかし。常灯明。長明灯。定灯。※宇津保（970‐999頃）藤原の君「比叡の中堂に、しゃうとうを奉り給」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）五「山門の根本中堂の内陣へ山鳩一番飛び来て、新常燈(じゃうトウ)の油錠(あぶらつき)の中に飛入て」② 江戸時代、千貫目以上の長者が金蔵(かねぐら)に点灯した常夜灯。※俳諧・西鶴大矢数（1681）第二六「高野遠し其外爰にも難波寺末世の奇特常灯の影」③ 街路、つじなどに夜の間点灯しておくあかり。街灯。※花柳春話（1878‐79）〈織田純一郎訳〉一「子是れより左に路を取らば必ず常燈あり」

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