ともし火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火
ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of ともし火 – see the following entry.

【灯ともしび】4 [noun] a light [noun] a lit flame (such as of a candle or torch) [noun] (historical, obsolete) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of the Heian period, a kind of scholarship granted to university students Alternative spellings 灯火, 燭

(This term, ともし火, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)