Japanese lantern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Japanese lantern
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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A giant Japanese lantern floats above them like an orb.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
WAPATO, Wash. — The traditional Japanese lantern in the driveway of Inaba Produce Farms offers just a hint of the richly layered history behind this once-humble agricultural operation in eastern Washington.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Showstoppers: a series of sweeping Byronic capes and a black-sequined evening gown that undulates like a Japanese lantern in a gentle wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he was photographed at a church bazaar sitting backwards on a donkey and wearing a Japanese lantern for a hat.
From Time Magazine Archive
To be loved, even by the wrong person, seems in youth's selfish eyes to light up the world as the candle lights the Japanese lantern.
From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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