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響ひびき

irregular okurigananounnoun (generic)

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ひびき

Meanings

echo, reverberation
sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise
quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell), feeling of a sound, emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

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Example sentences

その鐘かねの響ひびききは谷たに全体ぜんたいに広ひろがった。

The echo of the bell spread throughout the entire valley.

この言葉ことばの響ひびききが好すきで、何度なんども口くちにしてしまう。

I love the sound of this word and find myself saying it over and over.

遠とおくで雷かみなりの響ひびききが聞きこえ、嵐あらしが近ちかづいているのを感かんじた。

I heard the rumble of thunder in the distance and felt a storm approaching.

彼女かのじょの声こえの響ひびききには、人ひとを安心あんしんさせる不思議ふしぎな力ちからがある。

There is a mysterious power in the quality of her voice that puts people at ease.

石造いしづくりの大聖堂だいせいどうでは、オルガンの響ひびききが壁かべ全体ぜんたいを震ふるわせるほどであった。

In the stone cathedral, the reverberation of the organ was so powerful that it shook the entire walls.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)