ひかり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひかり – see the following entries.

【光】2 [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.)