| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 街燈 | がいとう | street light |
| 幻燈 | げんとう | slide projector, magic lantern |
| 行燈 | あんどん, あんどう | paper-enclosed lantern |
| 石燈篭 | いしどうろう, いしとうろう | stone lantern |
| 石燈籠 | いしどうろう, いしとうろう | stone lantern |
| 電燈 | でんとう | electric light |
| 蛍光燈 | けいこうとう | fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light; person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake |
| 螢光燈 | けいこうとう | fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light; person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake |
| 消燈 | しょうとう | putting out (switching off) the light, extinction |
| 尾燈 | びとう | tail-light (taillight), tail lamp (taillamp), rear light |