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日向ぼっこ

日なたぼっこ

Reading

Kana: ひなたぼっこ
Romaji: hinatabokko
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Definition

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basking in the sun

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: コウ、 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
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Example Sentences

(ねこ)()なたぼっこをしていた。
➥The cat was basking in the sun.
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ここで()なたぼっこをしていても(ぼく)はまだ(さむ)い。
➥Sitting here in the sun, I still feel cold.
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(かれ)はよく(なに)もせずに日向(ひなた)ぼっこをしていた。
➥He would sit in the sun doing nothing.
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ひなたぼっこをしていると、あまりの気持(きも)ちよさに、ウトウトしてしまった。
➥I felt so good as I lazed in the sunshine that I drifted off to sleep.
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