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

【愛あづみ】4

[proper noun] a female given name

Alternative spellings
真, ああい, あゝい, あいか, あいす, あき, あこ, あみか, あおい, ありさ, あや, あゆ, ちぎり, ちか, ちかし, えりな, はあと, いと, いとし, いつみ, いずみ, かな, かなえ, かなさ, きずな, こころ, こゝろ, このむ, まどか, まなぶ, まなみ, めづる, めご, めぐ, めぐみ, めぐむ, めい, なる, なるこ, のぞみ, らぶ, るい, さら, さらん, つぐみ, つくみ, うい, よし, よしき, よしみ

(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.)