にっこう
Meanings
Noun
1. Nikkō (Stadt im Nordwesten der Präf. Tochigi; Zugang zum Nikkō-Nationalpark; 18.000 Ew.; buddh. Tempelanlagen, Schreine und Mausoleen für Tokugawa Ieyasu); Sonnenlicht; Sonnenschein; Sonnenstrahl
Kanji used
sun
ray
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
direkte Sonnenstrahlen; direktes Sonnenlicht
Bodhisattva Sūryaprabha; Bodhisattva Sonnenschein (zusammen mit Bodhisattva Candraprabha ein Begleiter des Medizin-Buddha)
see Nikko and die; (lit.) don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko
Examples (14 in total)
Have you ever been to Nikko?
The sunbeam acts upon the skin.
Sunshine is beneficial to plants.
We visited Nikko the next day.
Open the curtains and let the sunshine in.
I took a trip to Nikko last week.
I'm allergic to sunlight.
This room doesn't get much sunlight.
They exposed the books to the sun.
Sunglasses protect our eyes from the sun.
Sunlight pours into the room through the window.
The icy road sparkled in the sunlight.
Sunlight and water are agents that make plants grow.
This summer I went to Nikko, and stayed overnight.