ひかり

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひかり – see the following entries.
2
a physically perceived light:
a light, beam, illumination
a gleam, glow, ray
a glimmer, shine, sparkle
a luster/lustre, polish, sheen
a metaphorical light:
glory, influence, power
a glimmer, gleam
positive aspect
a displaying, putting on airs
a vision, eyesight
(optics) relating to light or vision: optical, photo-
(colloquial) Short for 光り物 (hikarimono): sashimi with some of the silver-colored skin left
Hikari (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
one of the bullet train services running on the 東海道 (Tōkaido) or 山陽 (San'yō) shinkansen
a surname
a male or female given name
光璃
a female given name
光莉
a female given name
光梨
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.)