General word for light from the sun; used in everyday and literary contexts.
Sunlight is streaming into the room.
日光を浴びるとビタミンDが生成される。
Exposure to sunlight produces vitamin D.
Nikkō (city in Tochigi)
Proper noun referring to the city in Tochigi Prefecture, famous for its shrines and temples.
来月、日光へ旅行に行く予定です。
I plan to travel to Nikkō next month.
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
Abbreviation of 日光菩薩; a Buddhist deity representing sunlight, often paired with 月光菩薩.
See also: 日光菩薩
日光菩薩は薬師如来の脇侍として知られている。
Suryaprabha is known as an attendant of the Medicine Buddha.
I like basking in the sunlight at the park on my days off.
Sunlight falls on this room all day long.
I blocked the sunlight with the curtains.
I dried the laundry by exposing it to sunlight.
heliotherapy; sun therapy
Nikko day lily; orange-yellow day lily