Illustration: Afternoon sunlight streams through the balcony window of a small Japanese living room, forming a sharply bounded patch across the floor cushions. A cat has squeezed its entire body onto the last illuminated corner of a cushion, leaving a much larger comfortable area empty in the shade.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

日にっ光こう

nikkou

sunlight, sunshine

Example sentences

  1. この部屋へやはあまり日光にっこうが当あたらない。

    This room gets little sunshine.

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  2. カーテンを開あけて日光にっこうを入いれなさい。

    Open the curtains and let the sunshine in.

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  3. 日光にっこうが窓まどから部屋へやの中なかに降ふりそそぐ。

    Sunlight pours into the room through the window.

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Kanji in 日光

  • 日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ
  • 光ray; lightOnコウKunひかる・ひかり

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