How to say "torch" in Japanese

• 松明たいまつCommon
  nounThe open-flame stick bundled from pine, bamboo or reed and carried to light the way after dark; it covers the 'flambeau' and 'torchlight' senses, as at festivals or in processions.
  望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうで見みると、それはたいまつであることがわかった。↗

  It was identified by telescope as a torch.
• トーチCommon
  nounA katakana loanword for the tool sense of 'torch': an apparatus that emits a directed flame, as in welding or cutting metal, not a stick lit and carried for light.

Use 松明 for the burning stick of pine, bamboo or reed carried to give light, and the loanword 「トーチ」 for the tool sense of 'torch', a device that produces a directed flame, as in welding.

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• 松明たいまつtorch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.)
• トーチtorch
• 灯火ともしびlight
• フラッシュライトflashlight
• 懐中電灯かいちゅうでんとう(electric) torch