Hyūga Province, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture

a hometown, homeland

(poetic) Alternative spelling of 国 (kuni): one's hometown or birthplace

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

the direction the sun is shining / a sunny spot or place

日向(ひなた)に氷(こおり) (hinata ni kōri, “ice in sun → melting → gradually disappearing”) / 陰(かげ)になり日向(ひなた)になり (kage ni nari hinata ni nari)

a placename / a female given name / a surname

(historical) Short for 日向国 (Hyūga-no-kuni): Hyūga Province, an old province of Japan, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture on the eastern coast of Kyushu

(archaic) facing (opposite) the sun

Short for 日向湖 (Hiruga-ko): one of the 三方五湖 (Mikata Goko, “Five Lakes of Mikata”) in Fukui Prefecture