Word details

ほのか

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ほのか.

Dictionary

Entry

のか仄か側か~な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #7198
1

faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate

Examples
ほのかな光が俺のねじれた視界を幻影に変えてゆく。
Light shines on my sigh of doubt.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

be seen dimly, suggest, intimate, faint, stupid, hint

4 strokes

On

ソク

Kun

ほの.かほの-ほの.めかすほの.めくかたむ.く

side, lean, oppose, regret

11 strokesFrequency 216JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ソク

Kun

かわがわそば

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