ひかり
Meanings
Noun
1. light
2. illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow
3. happiness; hope
4. influence; power
5. vision; eyesight
Kanji used
ray
Pitch accent
かり
Top 600
Used in vocabulary (57 in total)
to shed light; to cast light
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
to shine; to glitter
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
the speed of light
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
light-wave communication
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
light pollution
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
optical cable; optical fibre
optical disk; digital optical disk
optical communications line; optical network
optical vortex
photocatalyst; photocatalysis
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
rapid prototyping (machine); laser etching (machine)
the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux
optical fiber; optical fibre
optical memory card; optical card
leaking through of light (e.g. through a curtain); light leakage
photolysis; photodecomposition; photodissociation
magneto-optical; MO
photodissociation; photo-dissociation
optical storage media; optical storage medium
Optical Channel Adapter
optical storage
Optical Transport Network; OTN
photonics; optical engineering
having a famous parent is the best way to fame
Ochromonas vischeri (species of golden alga)
Examples (43 in total)
I can see the light.
You are the light of the world.
Light has come into the world.