後ご光こう

noun

halo; aureole; nimbus

Only when written 後光

Refers to the radiant light depicted around holy figures in religious art, or figuratively to an aura of greatness around a person.

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうの後うしろに金きん色いろの後ご光こうが描えがかれている。

  A golden halo is painted behind the Buddha statue.

• 彼かれはまるで後ご光こうが差さしているように見みえた。

  He looked as if he had a halo around him.

noun

glory; halo (optical)

A meteorological phenomenon: rings of colored light seen around the observer's shadow on clouds or fog. Often written 御光 in this sense.

• 飛ひ行こう機きから雲くもに映うつる自じ分ぶんの影かげの周まわりに御ご光こうが見みえた。

  From the airplane, I saw a glory around my shadow cast on the clouds.