Light

"Light" in Japanese

明るい

akarui

(having light)

軽い

karui

(of low weight)

Hikari

(44th sura of the Qur'an)

hikari

(electromagnetic waves)

光明

kōmyō

(spiritual illumination)

光源

kōgen

(source of illumination)

妙案

myōan

(spiritual illumination)

明かり

akari

(electromagnetic waves)

明かり

akari

(source of illumination)

明かり

akari

(flame or something used to create fire)

明かり取り

akaritori

(window, or space for one)

hi

(flame or something used to create fire)

灯り

akari

(source of illumination)

視点

shiten

(point of view)

観点

kanten

(point of view)

引火する

inka-suru

(to start (a fire))

点火する

tenka-suru

(to start (a fire))

照らす

terasu

(to illuminate)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.