name
Hikari
name
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A Japanese female given name.
"Hikari means "light" in Japanese."
noun
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A type of high-speed Japanese bullet train.
"We took the Hikari from Tokyo to Osaka in under three hours."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a Japanese given name meaning "light," or a class of Shinkansen bullet trains.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ひかり (hikari), meaning "light."