Godan verb, intransitive verb
- to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb), to be lighted, to be burning. 
 
            
         
        
            
                                    Variations
                    
                        
                            | Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | 
                                            
                            |  | 灯る | ともる |  | 
                                            
                            |  | 灯る | とぼる |  | 
                                            
                            |  | 点る | ともる |  | 
                                            
                            |  | 点る | とぼる |  | 
                                            
                            |  | 燈る | ともる |  | 
                                            
                            |  | 燈る | とぼる |  | 
                                        
                             
            
                                    Contained Kanji Breakdown
                                                                        lamp, a light, light
トウ とも.す あかり (4th, N2)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)