"照らす" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [te̞ɾa̠sɨᵝ]
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: {{m|ja|照る||to shine|tr=teru}} 照る (teru, “to shine”), {{m|ja|せる}} せる, {{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 links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with す, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 28 12 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 10 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with す: 29 22 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 8 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 9 74
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)

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  "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": "照る",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to shine",
        "tr": "teru"
      },
      "expansion": "照る (teru, “to shine”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "せる"
      },
      "expansion": "せる",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "照ら",
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      },
      "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\"",
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    {
      "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!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to illuminate"
      ],
      "id": "en-照らす-ja-verb-Uc6coOUT",
      "links": [
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          "illuminate",
          "illuminate"
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "to shine upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-照らす-ja-verb-WzkAhZIm",
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          "shine",
          "shine"
        ]
      ]
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "28 12 60",
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "17 10 73",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "29 22 50",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "24 8 67",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "16 9 74",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "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…"
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        "to refer to"
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    }
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    {
      "other": "てらす"
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    {
      "other": "てらす"
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    {
      "ipa": "[te̞ɾa̠sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese terms suffixed with す",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
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    "Japanese verbs"
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    {
      "english": "as in seasoning and cooking style",
      "roman": "teriyaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
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          "や"
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      "roman": "v.intr",
      "word": "照る: to shine"
    },
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      "word": "to illuminate"
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    {
      "word": "to be fine"
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    {
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
        ]
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      "word": "照れる: to be shy"
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    {
      "english": "lit. to shine back",
      "roman": "v.intr",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "照",
          "て"
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          "かえ"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "terase",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "照らされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらされる",
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        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "terasareru",
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        "passive"
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      "form": "照らさせる",
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    {
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      "form": "てらさせる",
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    {
      "form": "てらさす",
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    {
      "form": "terasaseru",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "terasasu",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "照らせる",
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    {
      "form": "てらせる",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "teraseru",
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    {
      "form": "照らそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "terasō",
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      "form": "照らさない",
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    {
      "form": "てらさない",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "terasanai",
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      "form": "照らさず",
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    {
      "form": "てらさず",
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      "form": "terasazu",
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    {
      "form": "照らします",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらします",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terashimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらした",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    },
    {
      "form": "terashita",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "照らして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらして",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "terashite",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "照らせば",
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      "tags": [
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        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらせば",
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      "tags": [
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        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "照らさ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさ",
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        "irrealis",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "terasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらし",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "terasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "照らす",
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      "tags": [
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        "terminative"
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    {
      "form": "てらす",
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    {
      "form": "terasu",
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        "terminative"
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    {
      "form": "照らす",
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        "stem"
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    {
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "terasu",
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        "attributive"
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    {
      "form": "照らせ",
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      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらせ",
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        "realis",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "terase",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
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    {
      "form": "照らせ",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "てらせ",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "terase",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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    {
      "form": "照らさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらさず",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terasazu",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "照らせど",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせど",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
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    {
      "form": "terasedo",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "てらせば",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teraseba",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "照らさば",
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらさば",
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    },
    {
      "form": "terasaba",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしき",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらしき",
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    {
      "form": "terasiki",
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        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "照らしけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらしけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "terasikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らしつ",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "てらしつ",
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      "form": "terasitu",
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    {
      "form": "照らしぬ",
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    {
      "form": "てらしぬ",
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      "form": "terasinu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "照らしたり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てらせり",
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        "perfect"
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    {
      "form": "てらしたり",
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    {
      "form": "teraseri",
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        "perfect"
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    {
      "form": "terasitari",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "照らさむ",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "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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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "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!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to illuminate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illuminate",
          "illuminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shine upon"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "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…"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to refer to"
      ],
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        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "other": "てらす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[te̞ɾa̠sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "照らす"
}
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "title": "照らす",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
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}

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

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "照らす"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "照らす",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.