Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 幻日(げんじつ) in Japanese

幻日
Kana Reading
げんじつ
Romaji
genjitsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)


Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

4 strokes

phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition

On'Yomi: ゲン

Kun'Yomi: まぼろし

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JLPT 5

4 strokes

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

On'Yomi: ニチ, ジツ

Kun'Yomi: ひ, -び, -か

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