No. 3,435 in Japanese
点灯
"点灯" means "turning on a light" or "lighting up."
In a sentence
部屋の点灯が自動で行われます。
The lighting in the room is automatically turned on.
In this sentence, "点灯" refers to the action of turning on the room's lighting.
外のライトを点灯してください。
Please turn on the outside lights.
Here, "点灯" is used as a command to turn on the outdoor lights.
信号機が赤点灯になった。
The traffic light turned red.
In this context, "点灯" describes the status of the traffic signal being illuminated in red.
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