How to say "flash" in Japanese

• フラッシュCommon
  nounA loanword noun for the photographic sense: a camera's flash, a flashbulb, or a flashlight. It names the device or burst of light, not the action of light flashing.
  フラッシュを使つかってもいいですか。↗

  Is it all right to use a flash here?
• ひらめくCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbA verb for light that flashes, flickers, glitters, or sparkles, lightning being the typical case. It is usually written in kana alone, and it also describes an idea flashing into one's mind.

Use 「フラッシュ」 for the noun — a camera's flash or a flashlight — and 「ひらめく」 for the verb, when light flashes, flickers, or sparkles, as with lightning.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• フラッシュflash (esp. of a camera)
• ひらめくto flash (e.g. lightning)
• フラッシュFlash (Adobe software)
• 閃光せんこうflash (of light)
• ひらめきflair
• 一閃いっせんflash (of light)
• 電光石火でんこうせっかflash
• 石火せっかflint fire
• 紫電しでんpurple lightning
• ひらめかすto brandish
• ちらつかせるto show
• ぎんぎらshiny
• 覗かせるのぞかせるto partially expose
• 瞬時しゅんじinstant
• フッキングhook flash (on a telephone)
• 曙光しょこうfirst indication
• ストロボ(camera) flash
• 走るはしるto flash (of lightning)
• 書き込むかきこむto write (data)