灯籠流し

灯籠流し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
灯	籠	流
とう Grade: 4	ろう Grade: S	なが Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

灯籠(とうろう) (tōrō, “lantern”) + 流(なが)し (nagashi, “flowing”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーろーな​がし [tòóróónáꜜgàshì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɾo̞ːna̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

灯(とう)籠(ろう)流(なが)し • (tōrōnagashi) 

1. tōrō nagashi (the custom of floating paper lanterns down a river especially at the end of the Bon Festival)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN