taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Describes sunlight or light shining brilliantly and warmly. Often used in literary or poetic descriptions of the sun.
さんさんと太陽が降り注ぐ。
The sun shines down brilliantly.
We enjoyed a picnic under the brilliant sunshine.
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 燦々 and 燦燦 are literary and less common.
Literary kanji form; the repetition mark 々 is standard for this word.
Variant without the repetition mark; less common than 燦々.
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.
From 燦燦, a reduplication of the Sino-Japanese element 燦, “brilliant” or “glittering.”