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Light & Sparkle

こうこう

kou-kou

Brightly shining

A bright, steady illumination. Describes moonlight flooding a room or lights blazing through the night.

💡A full moon lighting up the garden — 'The moon shone kou-kou through the window.'

Example

月がこうこうと照らしている。

The moon is shining kou-kou brightly.

Quiz yourself

The streetlights were ___ shining on the empty road.

街灯が人気のない道を○○と照らしていた。

brightshiningmoonsteadyillumination
Intermediate