Candle - Candle

Japanese: ろうそく(蠟燭) - ろうそく

A type of lighting item. Made mainly from paraffin, stearin, solid fat, and wax, the candle core is made into a cylindrical shape using cotton thread, a wick, and paper string, and the tip of the candle core is lit and placed in a lighting fixture such as a hand candle, a candlestick, a paper lantern, or a lantern to provide light. This is written as "ro-soku" and is usually read as "candle," but it was also called "rassoku" (Manjuyabon Setsyoshu). The words "rassoku" and "rachoku" were used in parts of Okayama Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture until recent years.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

灯火用品の一種。パラフィン，ステアリン，固体脂肪，蠟類などを主材料とし，綿糸，灯心，こよりなどを燭心（しよくしん）として円柱状に作り，その燭心の先端に点火し，手燭，燭台，ぼんぼり，提灯（ちようちん）などの灯火具に立てて照明とする。これを〈蠟燭〉と書いて，普通には〈ろうそく〉と読んでいるが，また〈らっそく〉とも呼んでいた(《饅頭屋本（まんじゆうやぼん）節用集》)。〈らっそく〉〈らっちょく〉の語は，近年まで岡山県や岩手県の一部に行われていた。

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