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日向ぼっこ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 日向ぼっこ.

Dictionary

Entry

日向ぼっこひなたぼっこNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #37415
1

basking in the sun; sunbathing

Examples
猫は日なたぼっこをしていた。
The cat was basking in the sun.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

日

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

4 strokesFrequency 1JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ニチジツ

Kun

ひ-び-か

Nanori

ああきいるくくさこうすたちににっにつへ
向

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

6 strokesFrequency 182JLPT N2Grade 3

On

コウ

Kun

む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い

Nanori

こおたなむかむかいむこう

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