Illustration: Afternoon sunlight enters through a sliding balcony door and forms a sharply bounded patch across an apartment's wooden floor. A cat has stretched out entirely inside the bright patch, with its paws tucked just short of the shaded edge.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

日向ひなた

hinata

sunny place, sunshine

Example sentences

猫ねこが日向ひなたぼっこしてるよ。
The cat is basking in the sun.
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その子供こどもは、ひなたで横よこになって眠ねむっていた。
He was lying asleep in the sun.
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トムなら日向ひなたぼっこしてるよ。
Tom is basking in the sun.
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Kanji in 日向

日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ
向face; tend towardOnコウKunむく・むい・むける

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