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Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of ひかり – see the following entries.
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- 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
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(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.)
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