煌々と

こうこうと · koukouto · JLPT N1 · noun

brightly

💡 煌 = fire 火 + emperor 皇: the light of a royal fire, doubled by the repeat mark 々 for extra brightness

The repeat mark 々 doubles 煌, so the light grows stronger. Read the kanji as fire plus emperor, and the adverb と turns it into how something shines: brightly.

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