What does 灯台 mean?
灯台 is a Japanese noun meaning “lighthouse” in English. It can also be translated as “old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it” depending on context. It is written as 灯台 in kanji, とうだい in hiragana, and toudai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
遠い灯台のかすかな光を見た。
We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.