照らす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally causative of 照る (teru, to shine), from 照ら (irrealis) + (classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern せる), hence "to make shine"

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "照らす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
照らす らす [tèrású]
Imperative (命令形) 照らせ らせ [tèrásé]
Key constructions
Passive 照らされる らされる [tèrásárérú]
Causative 照らさせる らさせる [tèrásásérú]
Potential 照らせる らせる [tèrásérú]
Volitional 照らそう らそ [tèrásóꜜò]
Negative 照らさない らさない [tèrásánáí]
Negative perfective 照らさなかった らさなかった [tèrásánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 照らします らしま [tèráshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 照らした らした [tèráshítá]
Conjunctive 照らして らして [tèráshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 照らせば らせ [tèráséꜜbà]

Verb

()らす (terasu) transitive godan (stem ()らし (terashi), past ()らした (terashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 照らす
mediopassive 照る
  1. to illuminate
    青天井(あおてんじょう)()らせ
    Aotenjō o terase!
    Illuminate the heavens!
  2. to shine upon
  3. to refer to
    事実(じじつ)()らして…
    jijitsu ni terashite…
    in light of the facts…

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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