noun / ~する noun:

• viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

noun:

• speculum (bright patch on the wings of ducks)

noun:

• any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings)

noun:

• any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings) - obscure term ➜ 羽白

noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun / adjectival noun:

• promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects - four character idiom

noun:

• plage (bright region on the sun)

noun:

• nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)

noun:

• parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻月

noun:

• paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻日

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a clatter - onomatopoeia
• with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather) - onomatopoeia
• nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• cheerfully; frankly; open-heartedly - onomatopoeia
• completely (forget, change, etc.); totally - onomatopoeia

noun:

• kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose
• bright golden yellow - abbreviation ➜ 山吹色
• gold coin

noun / ~の noun:

• white spot

noun:

• bright spot; facula ［はくはん］
• vitiligo; leukoderma; leukoma ［はくはん］ - Medicine term

noun:

• luminous body like a shooting star
• any bright metal
• sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.)

adverb / ~する noun:

• slightly (blushing) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• distractedly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering - onomatopoeia
• glaringly (bright); painfully (bright) - onomatopoeia
• prickling (pain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• harvest moon
• bright moon; full moon ［明月］

noun / adjectival noun / ~たる adjective:

• pure and clear

noun:

• "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5) ➜ 二十四節気

adverb:

• for a long time; since long ago; from childhood
• bright and early; early in the morning

noun:

• (two) matchless things; (two) matchless people
• pair of bright jewels - orig. meaning

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fragrant; to smell (good) - usu. 匂う
• to stink; to smell (bad) - usu. 臭う
• to glow; to be bright
• to smack of; to show hints of

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to deceive; to delude; to trick; to fool
• to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose") - in form Ａを欺くＢ