停電 (ていでん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

停電 (ていでん) means power outage / electricity failure.

See example sentences below.

停電 at a glance

停電

ていでんteiden

N3noun

power outage / electricity failure

停電ていでんteidenN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

power outage / electricity failure

Example 1

昨日は大雨で停電しました。

Translation

There was a power outage due to heavy rain yesterday.

Example 2

停電でエレベーターが止まりました。

Translation

The elevator stopped because of a power outage.