イルミネーション

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English illumination.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) イルミネーション [ìrúmínéꜜèshòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [iɾɯ̟ᵝmʲine̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

Noun

イルミネーション • (iruminēshon)

decorative lighting, colored lights; decoration (of a building etc.) with lights
新(しん)宿(じゅく)のイルミネーションを見(み)に行(ゆ)く
Shinjuku no iruminēshon o mi ni yuku
go see the lights in Shinjuku
illumination; lighting

Usage notes

Especially associated with Christmas and the winter.

Synonyms

(decoration with lights): ライトアップ (raito appu), 電(でん)飾(しょく) (denshoku)
(lighting): 照(しょう)明(めい) (shōmei)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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