Illustration: A resident opens the curtains of a Japanese apartment on a clear winter morning. Direct sunlight pours through the window and strikes their face, making them immediately squeeze their eyes nearly shut and raise a hand between their eyes and the glass.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

まぶしい

mabushii

dazzling, glaring

Example sentences

太陽たいようがまぶしい。
My eyes are dazzled by the sun.
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ヘッドライトがまぶしくて一瞬目いっしゅんめがくらんだ。
The glaring headlights dazzled us for a moment.
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眩まぶしくて目めを開あけられない。
It’s so bright that I can’t open my eyes.
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