光る
N4ひかる hikaru
- to shine
- to glitter
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
发光;闪耀
Examples
- 上部前方で何かが光っている。Something is flashing up ahead.上方前面有什么东西在发光。
- 光るものすべてが金ではない。All that glitters is not gold.闪光的未必都是金子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8b7dab271d'); // 光る
{
"id": "8b7dab271d",
"word": "光る",
"reading": "ひかる",
"romaji": "hikaru",
"meanings": [
"to shine",
"to glitter"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1272820,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "上部前方で何かが光っている。",
"en": "Something is flashing up ahead.",
"tatoeba_id": 146199
},
{
"ja": "光るものすべてが金ではない。",
"furigana": "{光|ひか}るものすべてが{金|きん}ではない。",
"en": "All that glitters is not gold.",
"tatoeba_id": 174071
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "2902dee59faa4b63b81797ff8fb14b5e029327aa50edd99048d9e3befa11b28e",
"meanings": [
"发光",
"闪耀"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "上部前方で何かが光っている。",
"zh": "上方前面有什么东西在发光。"
},
{
"ja": "光るものすべてが金ではない。",
"zh": "闪光的未必都是金子。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/8b7dab271d",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "1bab87efe6093218564bce09f8d61b993d3d624318f2656131ec6e70eaa86cc4"
}
}