照らす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
照
て
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally causative of 照る (teru, “to shine”), from 照ら (irrealis) +‎ す (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 てらす [tèrású]
Imperative (命令形) 照らせ てらせ [tèrásé]
Key constructions
Passive 照らされる てらされる [tèrásárérú]
Causative 照らさせる てらさせる [tèrásásérú]
Potential 照らせる てらせる [tèrásérú]
Volitional 照らそう てらそ​ー [tèrásóꜜò]
Negative 照らさない てらさない [tèrásánáí]
Negative perfective 照らさなかった てらさな​かった [tèrásánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 照らします てらしま​す [tèráshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 照らした てらした [tèráshítá]
Conjunctive 照らして てらして [tèráshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 照らせば てらせ​ば [tèráséꜜbà]

Verb

照(て)らす • (terasu) transitive godan (stem 照(て)らし (terashi), past 照(て)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)を照(て)らせ!
    Aotenjō o terase!
    Illuminate the heavens!
  2. to shine upon
  3. to refer to
    事実(じじつ)に照(て)らして…
    jijitsu ni terashite…
    in light of the facts…

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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