Japanese Meaning of 明かり (あかり) akari

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Japanese Vocabulary: 明かり

Meaning: Light

Examples:

  1. 明かりをつける。 I turn the light on.  
  2. トムは明かりをつけた。 Tom turned on the light.  
  3. 男の人が明かりをつけた。 The man turned on the light.  
  4. 男の人が明かりをつける。 The man turns on the light.  
  5. 男の人が明かりをつけている。 The man is turning on the light.  
  6. 部屋の明かりをつけましょう。 Let’s turn on the room light.  
  7. 明かりを赤から緑に切り替えた。 The lights switched from red to green.  
  8. そんな毎日に、小さな明かりがともされたようだった。 Into such a daily (life), it was like a small light had been turned on.  
  9. 部屋の明かりをすべてつけ、もう一度見てみたが、やはり誰もいなかった。 I turned on all the lights in the room and looked one more time, but as before there was no one there.

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