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    3. 月光

    月光

    月げっ光こう

    moonlight

    KMT8News #25+1CoreNounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab10 strokes

    げっこう

    Noun

    1.
    moonlight, moonbeam

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    窓まどから月げっ光こうが差さし込こんでいた。

    Moonlight was streaming in through the window.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    月げっ光こうに照てらされた湖こ面めんが、神しん秘ぴ的てきに輝かがやいていた。

    The lake surface, illuminated by moonlight, shone mysteriously.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    深ふかい森もりの中なか、月げっ光こうだけが道みちしるべだった。

    In the deep forest, only the moonlight served as a guide.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    多おおくの詩し人じんや画かげ家っこが月うの光うつの美くしさに魅み了りょうされてきた。

    Many poets and painters have been fascinated by the beauty of moonlight.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentArt & DesignLiterature
    古ふるい城しろ跡あとは、月げっ光こうの下もとで一いっ層そうその歴れき史しの重おもみを増ますようだった。

    The old castle ruins seemed to gain even more historical weight under the moonlight.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    月
    つき…(7)
    month・moon
    光
    ひか.る・ひかり…(8)
    ray・light
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