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蝋燭
Used on birthday cakes and during Buddhist religious services. In modern Japanese, it is often written in katakana as 'rousoku'.
Examples in context
ケーキに蝋燭を立てました
I put candles on the cake
蝋燭の火が消えました
The candle flame went out
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