光明|こうみょうkoumyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
こうめいkoumei[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. nounbright light
  2. nounhope; bright future
  3. noun, Buddhismlight emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related期待きたいNeutralMeans expectation or anticipation — holding hopes for the future; it carries no image of light.
  • Related希望きぼうNeutralMeans hope, the most common everyday word; 「光明」 is the written-style image of the light of hope glimpsed in darkness.
  • Related望みのぞみNeutralA native Japanese word for hope or a wish, stressing the chances of realization, as in 「望みがない」.
  • Antonym暗黒あんこくWrittenA written/formal word for darkness, the opposite of 「光明」 in its light sense, as in 「暗黒時代」.

For the light of hope glimpsed in darkness, written prose uses 「光明」, as in 「一筋の光明」 or 「光明を見いだす」; it also means the radiance of a buddha. In daily speech say 「希望」 or 「望み」, and 「期待」 for looking forward to something. The antonym is 「暗黒」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 暗闇くらやみを照てらす明あかるい光ひかり。
  2. 逆境ぎゃっきょうにあるときに見み出だす希望きぼう。
  3. 仏ふつ・菩薩ぼさつから発はっする光ひかり。
  4. 明あきらかであること。公明こうめい。
  5. 藤原ふじわら不比等ふひとの娘むすめで聖武しょうむ天皇てんのうの皇后こうごう。光明子あきこ。
  6. 北朝ほくちょう第だい二に代だい天皇てんのうの天皇てんのう名めい及および追号ついごう。
  7. 清朝しんちょうの時代じだいに鎮海ちんかい王おうが用もちいた私わたくし年号ねんごう。
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