"照らす" meaning in Japanese

See 照らす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [te̞ɾa̠sɨ]
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" Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|照ら|す|pos1=irrealis|pos2=classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">せる</i>}} 照ら (irrealis) + す (classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern せる) Head templates: {{ja-verb|てらす|tr=trans|type=1}} 照(て)らす • (terasu) transitive godan (stem 照(て)らし (terashi), past 照(て)らした (terashita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|てら|4-s}} Forms: 照らす [canonical] (ruby: ()), terasu [romanization], 照らし [stem] (ruby: ()), 照らした [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 照らさ [error-unrecognized-form], てらさ [error-unrecognized-form], terasa [error-unrecognized-form], 照らし [error-unrecognized-form], てらし [error-unrecognized-form], terashi [error-unrecognized-form], 照らす [error-unrecognized-form], てらす [error-unrecognized-form], terasu [error-unrecognized-form], 照らせ [error-unrecognized-form], てらせ [error-unrecognized-form], terase [error-unrecognized-form], 照らされる [passive], てらされる [passive], terasareru [passive], 照らさせる [causative], 照らさす [causative], てらさせる [causative], てらさす [causative], terasaseru [causative], terasasu [causative], 照らせる [potential], てらせる [potential], teraseru [potential], 照らそう [volitional], てらそう [volitional], terasō [volitional], 照らさない [negative], てらさない [negative], terasanai [negative], 照らさず [continuative, negative], てらさず [continuative, negative], terasazu [continuative, negative], 照らします [formal], てらします [formal], terashimasu [formal], 照らした [perfective], てらした [perfective], terashita [perfective], 照らして [conjunctive], てらして [conjunctive], terashite [conjunctive], 照らせば [conditional, hypothetical], てらせば [conditional, hypothetical], teraseba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 照らさ [irrealis, stem], てらさ [irrealis, stem], terasa [irrealis], 照らし [continuative, stem], てらし [continuative, stem], terasi [continuative], 照らす [stem, terminative], てらす [stem, terminative], terasu [terminative], 照らす [attributive, stem], てらす [attributive, stem], terasu [attributive], 照らせ [realis, stem], てらせ [realis, stem], terase [realis], 照らせ [imperative, stem], てらせ [imperative, stem], terase [imperative], 照らさず [negative], てらさず [negative], terasazu [negative], 照らせど [contrastive], てらせど [contrastive], terasedo [contrastive], 照らせば [causative], てらせば [causative], teraseba [causative], 照らさば [conditional], てらさば [conditional], terasaba [conditional], 照らしき [past], てらしき [past], terasiki [past], 照らしけり [past], てらしけり [past], terasikeri [past], 照らしつ [perfect], てらしつ [perfect], terasitu [perfect], 照らしぬ [perfect], てらしぬ [perfect], terasinu [perfect], 照らせり [continuative, perfect], 照らしたり [continuative, perfect], てらせり [continuative, perfect], てらしたり [continuative, perfect], teraseri [continuative, perfect], terasitari [continuative, perfect], 照らさむ [volitional], てらさむ [volitional], terasamu [volitional]
  1. to illuminate
    Sense id: en-照らす-ja-verb-Uc6coOUT
  2. to shine upon
    Sense id: en-照らす-ja-verb-WzkAhZIm
  3. to refer to
    Sense id: en-照らす-ja-verb-Z27JSHlZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with す, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 31 27 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 28 12 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 9 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 9 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with す: 29 22 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 32 23 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 9 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 20 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 照り焼き: teriyaki (teriyaki) (ruby: (), ()) (english: as in seasoning and cooking style), 照る: to shine (v.intr), to illuminate, to be fine, 照れる: to be shy (v.intr) (ruby: ()), 照り返す: to reflect (v.intr) (ruby: (), (かえ)) (english: lit. to shine back)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "as in seasoning and cooking style",
      "roman": "teriyaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "焼",
          "や"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照り焼き: teriyaki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "word": "照る: to shine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "to illuminate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "to be fine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照れる: to be shy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lit. to shine back",
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照り返す: to reflect"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "照ら",
        "3": "す",
        "pos1": "irrealis",
        "pos2": "classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">せる</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "照ら (irrealis) + す (classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern せる)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "roman": "terashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らした",
      "roman": "terashita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てらす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "照(て)らす • (terasu) transitive godan (stem 照(て)らし (terashi), past 照(て)らした (terashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てら",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Illuminate the heavens!",
          "roman": "Aotenjō o terase!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青天井",
              "あおてんじょう"
            ],
            [
              "照",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青天井を照らせ!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to illuminate"
      ],
      "id": "en-照らす-ja-verb-Uc6coOUT",
      "links": [
        [
          "illuminate",
          "illuminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shine upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-照らす-ja-verb-WzkAhZIm",
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 18 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 27 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 12 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 22 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with す",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 23 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 20 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 16 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in light of the facts…",
          "roman": "jijitsu ni terashite…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "事実",
              "じじつ"
            ],
            [
              "照",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "事実に照らして…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refer to"
      ],
      "id": "en-照らす-ja-verb-Z27JSHlZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[te̞ɾa̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "照らす"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with す",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "as in seasoning and cooking style",
      "roman": "teriyaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "焼",
          "や"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照り焼き: teriyaki"
    },
    {
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "word": "照る: to shine"
    },
    {
      "word": "to illuminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "to be fine"
    },
    {
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照れる: to be shy"
    },
    {
      "english": "lit. to shine back",
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "照り返す: to reflect"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "照ら",
        "3": "す",
        "pos1": "irrealis",
        "pos2": "classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">せる</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "照ら (irrealis) + す (classical causative auxiliary, originally with shimonidan conjugation; modern せる)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "roman": "terashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らした",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てらす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "照(て)らす • (terasu) transitive godan (stem 照(て)らし (terashi), past 照(て)らした (terashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てら",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Illuminate the heavens!",
          "roman": "Aotenjō o terase!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青天井",
              "あおてんじょう"
            ],
            [
              "照",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青天井を照らせ!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to illuminate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illuminate",
          "illuminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shine upon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in light of the facts…",
          "roman": "jijitsu ni terashite…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "事実",
              "じじつ"
            ],
            [
              "照",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "事実に照らして…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refer to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[te̞ɾa̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "照らす"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 照らす meaning in Japanese (10.6kB)

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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.