走馬灯

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See also: 走馬燈 and 走马灯

Japanese

FWOTD – 1 August 2021

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走馬灯

Kanji in this term
走	馬	灯
そう Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2	とう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
走馬燈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 走馬燈／走马灯 (zǒumǎdēng, literally “running horse lantern”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーまとー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

走(そう)馬(ま)灯(とう) • (sōmatō)

lantern adorned with paper horses which revolve in a circle
Used in metaphor for various images flashing before one's eyes.
- 2016, 永田(ながた)カビ (Nagata Kabi) [Kabi Nagata], さびしすぎてレズ風俗(ふうぞく)に行(い)きましたレポ (Sabishisugite rezu fūzoku ni ikimashita repo) [My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness]:
  
  レビュー
   今(いま)まで一番(いちばん)気持(きも)ち良(よ)くなれました♡
  走馬灯(そうまとう)のように
  足(あし)がびくびくなるしやばかった　あんな気持(きも)ち良(い)いとは思(おも)ってなかった
  rebyū
  ima made ichiban kimochi yoku naremashita♡
  sōmatō no yō ni
  ashi ga bikubiku naru shi yabakatta anna kimochi ii to wa omottenakatta
  Review
  The best I've ever felt ♡
  Like a running horse lantern
  My legs were twitching and it was incredible; I didn't think it would feel so good
- 2020, “ゲーム実況(じっきょう)してる女(おんな)の子(こ) (Gēmu jikkyō shiteru onnanoko) [The Girl Streaming Let's Plays]”, in の子(こ) (Noko) (lyrics), 児童(じどう)カルテ (Jidō karute), performed by 神聖(しんせい)かまってちゃん (Shinsei kamattechan) [Shinsei Kamattechan]:
  
  それはまるで死(し)ぬ前(まえ)の走馬灯(そうまとう)
  sore wa maru de shinu mae no sōmatō
  Almost like a running horse lantern on your death bed

Synonyms

回(まわ)り灯籠(とうろう) (mawaritōrō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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