停電

ていでん

failure of electricity

What does 停電 mean?

停電 is a Japanese noun meaning failure of electricity in English. It is written as 停電 in kanji, ていでん in hiragana, and teiden in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

台風の余波で2日間停電した。

There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.