Illustration: At night, a small road-repair site in a Japanese residential neighborhood is flooded with light from two elevated work lamps. Workers, tools, and individual grains of gravel remain plainly visible beneath them, while the adjoining street and closed houses recede into darkness.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

煌こう々こうと

koukouto

brightly, brilliantly

Often describes a strong, steady light. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

月つきは煌々こうこうと輝かがやいていた。
The moon was shining brightly.
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大おおきな建物たてものは光ひかりでこうこうと輝かがやいていた。
The big building was blazing with lights.
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彼かれの部屋へやは明あかりがこうこうとついていた。
His room was brightly lit.
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Kanji in 煌

煌glitter; gleamOnコウKunきらめく・きらめく・かがやく

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