灯台(とうだい)lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

灯台(とうだい)は航路(こうろ)標識(ひょうしき)である。

The lighthouse is a navigational mark. {lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it}

船員(せんいん)：「灯台(とうだい)が見(み)えます！陸(りく)までもうすぐです！」

Sailor: 'I can see the lighthouse! We'll be on land soon!' {lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it}

昔(むかし)の人(ひと)は木製(もくせい)の灯台(とうだい)に灯心(とうしん)を立(た)てていたそうです。

It seems that people in the past used to set a wick in wooden lighthouses. {lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it}

灯台(とうだい)に登(のぼ)って海(うみ)を見渡(みわた)したって隣(となり)の国(くに)の大陸(たいりく)なんか見(み)えっこない。

Even if you climb up the lighthouse and look out over the sea, you can't see something like the continent of the neighboring country. {lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it}

遭難(そうなん)船(せん)に信号(しんごう)を送(おく)るため、灯台(とうだい)の光(ひかり)を用(もち)いてモールス信号(しんごう)を打(う)ちました。

In order to send a signal to the ship in distress, I used the light of the lighthouse to tap out Morse code. {lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it}