ひかり

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of ひかり – see the following entries.
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[noun] a physically perceived light:
[noun] a light, beam, illumination
[noun] a gleam, glow, ray
[noun] a glimmer, shine, sparkle
[noun] a luster/lustre, polish, sheen
[noun] a metaphorical light:
[noun] glory, influence, power
[noun] a glimmer, gleam
[noun] positive aspect
[noun] a displaying, putting on airs
[noun] a vision, eyesight
[noun] (optics) relating to light or vision: optical, photo-
[noun] (colloquial) Short for 光り物 (hikarimono): sashimi with some of the silver-colored skin left
[proper noun] Hikari (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] one of the bullet train services running on the 東海道 (Tōkaido) or 山陽 (San'yō) shinkansen
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a male or female given name
光璃
[proper noun] a female given name
光莉
[proper noun] a female given name
光梨
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, ひかり (hikari), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひかり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひかり.)