ライトraito

Common
Definitions
  1. nounlight
    All of a sudden, the lights went out.
  2. na-adjective, nounlight (colour, food, comedy, etc.)
Conjugation
Plain formライト
Polite (desu)ライトです
Negative (dewa nai)ライトではない
polite (dewa arimasen)ライトではありません
Past (datta)ライトだった
Past negative (dewa nakatta)ライトではなかった
Te form (de)ライトで
Adverbial (ni)ライトに
Conditional (nara)ライトなら

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym照明しょうめいNeutralIllumination: lighting a place for a set purpose; leans formal, as in 「舞台照明」. 「ライト」 is the everyday word and also covers pale colours and light food.
  • Synonym明かりあかりNeutralEveryday lamplight or glow, with a homely feel, as in 「部屋の明かり」. 「ライト」 usually names the fixture itself and can also describe pale colours.
  • Synonym灯火とうかNeutralAlso written 「灯り」: a light that illuminates its surroundings. It can also mean proof of innocence, a sense 「ライト」 lacks.
  • Synonym電灯でんとうNeutralA device that produces light with electricity — an electric lamp. 「ライト」 is broader, also covering car lights, flashlights and the pale, light senses.
  • AntonymヘビーNeutralA loanword for heavy, rich or harsh; the opposite of 「ライト」's light, mild sense in weight, flavour and the like.
  • AntonymダークNeutralA loanword for dark or deep in colour; the opposite of 「ライト」's pale sense in depth of colour.

Use 「ライト」 for lamps and for pale colours or light food. For formal lighting installations say 「照明」, for everyday lamplight 「明かり」, for electric lamps 「電灯」. 「ヘビー」 and 「ダーク」 are the opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. あかり、照明しょうめい。
  2. 色いろについて、もとの色いろより明あかるい色いろ、淡あわい色いろであること、またはそのような色いろに関かんする語ごを造つくる。
  3. 軽かるい・軽量けいりょうであること、またはそのような性質せいしつに関かんする語ごを造つくる。
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