Vocabulary

What does 停電 (ていでん, teiden) mean?

停電 (ていでん, teiden) means power outage.

Quick facts
Readingていでん
Romajiteiden
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
ていでん
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonteiden

power outage

  1. 1noun · suru verb · intransitive power outage; power failure; power cut

Example sentences

  • There was a power outage last night.

  • The room went dark because of a power outage.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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