明(あ)か()り() akariは wa星(ほし) hoshiのように noyouni輝(かがや)い()た() kagayaita。 The light shone like a star. Literal Light [topic-は] star [like-のように] shone. のように marks a simile — 'like X.' 輝く ('to shine, glow') is a written/literary verb, more poetic than 光る. The whole sentence has a literary flavor. naturevisual perception~のように (like, as)literary vocabulary
明(あ)か()り() akariは wa星(ほし) hoshiのように noyouni輝(かがや)い()た() kagayaita。 The light shone like a star. Literal Light [topic-は] star [like-のように] shone. のように marks a simile — 'like X.' 輝く ('to shine, glow') is a written/literary verb, more poetic than 光る. The whole sentence has a literary flavor. naturevisual perception~のように (like, as)literary vocabulary