閃き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閃
ひらめ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひらめき [hìrámékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠me̞kʲi]

Noun

閃(ひらめ)き • (hirameki) 

1. a flair, a flash (of inspiration)
   • 2001 November 7, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)229　蒼(あお)い記(き)憶(おく) [Battle 229: Blue Memory]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) (遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう)) [King of Games], volume 26 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 118–119:

     く…オレは…この閃光(ひらめき)を信(しん)じる‼オレの記(き)憶(おく)を信(しん)じ———青眼(ブルーアイズ)を召(しょう)喚(かん)する‼

     Ku… Ore wa… kono hirameki o shinjiru‼ Ore no kioku o shinji——— Burū-Aizu o Shōkan suru‼

     Ugh… I… believe that flashback‼ I believe my memory——— I will Summon Blue-Eyes‼