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眩しい (まぶしい, mabushii) Japanese meaning: dazzling | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 眩しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 眩まぶ しい 眩まぶ しくない Polite 眩まぶ しいです 眩まぶ しくないです also 眩まぶ しくありません Past polite 眩まぶ しかったです 眩まぶ しくなかったです also 眩まぶ しくありませんでした Past 眩まぶ しかった 眩まぶ しくなかった Te-form 眩まぶ しくて 眩まぶ しくなくて Adverbial 眩まぶ しく Conditional 眩まぶ しければ 眩まぶ しくなければ Tara conditional 眩まぶ しかったら 眩まぶ しくなかったら
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眩まぶ
しく
て
、
目め
を
開あ
け
て
い
られ
ない
。
The summer sun is so dazzling I can't keep my eyes open.
Her smile was so radiant it was almost blinding.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 眩まぶ しい for something (light, sun, etc.) to be dazzling
The morning sun is dazzling.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 笑え 顔がお が 眩まぶ しい someone's smile is dazzling (figurative)
Her smile was so dazzling that I couldn't help staring.
眩まぶ しくて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 so dazzling that... (unable to do something)
It's so dazzling that I can't keep my eyes open.
目め に 眩まぶ しい dazzling to the eyes
The glare off the snow is dazzling to the eyes.
Related words 輝かしい is used for abstract glory or achievements (a brilliant future or career), while 眩しい describes literal or figurative overwhelming brightness that is hard to look at.
明るい means bright or cheerful in a neutral, everyday sense, while 眩しい specifically implies light so strong it is painful or impressive to look at.
眩しい is an adjective meaning 'dazzling, too bright to look at directly', while ぎらぎら is an adverb/mimetic word describing the harsh quality of the light itself.
Don't confuse with 眩しい describes a dazzling light or object itself, while 目がくらむ describes the person's resulting dizziness or disorientation.
眩しい describes literal dazzling brightness that hurts the eyes, while 輝かしい is used figuratively for glorious achievements or a bright future.
Etymology Derived from the verb 眩む (くらむ, 'to be dazzled') with the adjectival suffix しい. The kanji 眩 is used for both.
