Illustration: On the narrow balcony of a Japanese apartment, a child holds up a freshly rinsed glass ornament in direct morning sunlight. Several sharp glints catch along its wet facets, and tiny reflected spots appear on the child’s sleeve and the balcony wall.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

輝かがやく

kagayaku

to shine, to sparkle

Example sentences

空そらには太陽たいようが輝かがやいています。
The sun is shining in the sky.
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月つきは夜よるに輝かがやく。
The moon shines at night.
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星ほしが輝かがやいていた。
The stars twinkled.
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Kanji in 輝

輝radiance; shineOnキKunかがやく

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