"天照" meaning in Japanese

See 天照 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [a̠ma̠te̞ɾa̠sɨ] Forms: 天照 [canonical] (ruby: (あま), (てらす)), 天照 [canonical] (ruby: 天照(アマテラス)), Amaterasu [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. Superficially, a compound of 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”). However, this derives instead as an honorific form of compound verb 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”), as the 照らす (terasu) is not the usual transitive or causative conjugation of the intransitive verb 照る (teru, “to shine, to light up”), but rather an example of the verb with the Old Japanese honorific verb suffix す (-su). As a verbal epithet, also found in some older texts with the reading Amaderasu, where the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The name appears to be consistently used without voicing, as Amaterasu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{com|ja|天|照らす|t1=sky, the heavens|t2=to illuminate something, to shine upon something|tr1=ama|tr2=terasu}} 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”), {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|-す}} す (-su), {{sortkey|ja|天照}} あまてらす, {{rendaku2|terasu|derasu|nocaps=1}} the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|あまてらす|アマテラス}} 天(あま)照(てらす) or 天照(アマテラス) • (Amaterasu)
  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Japanese mythology, Shinto, Gods, Sun Synonyms: 天照大神
    Sense id: en-天照-ja-name-oyVAoddq Disambiguation of Gods: 73 5 22 Disambiguation of Sun: 48 43 9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 64 0 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 76 0 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 76 0 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 80 3 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 79 0 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 74 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 75 0 25 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 68 0 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 10 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 9 22 Topics: Shinto, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
  2. (poetic) the Sun Tags: poetic Categories (topical): Sun
    Sense id: en-天照-ja-name-wVYw7w10 Disambiguation of Sun: 48 43 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 天照大神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami), 天照大御神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami)

Verb

IPA: [a̠ma̠te̞ɾa̠sɨ] Forms: 天照 [canonical] (ruby: (あま), (てらす)), 天照 [canonical] (ruby: 天照(あまでらす)), amaterasu [romanization], amaderasu [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. Superficially, a compound of 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”). However, this derives instead as an honorific form of compound verb 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”), as the 照らす (terasu) is not the usual transitive or causative conjugation of the intransitive verb 照る (teru, “to shine, to light up”), but rather an example of the verb with the Old Japanese honorific verb suffix す (-su). As a verbal epithet, also found in some older texts with the reading Amaderasu, where the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The name appears to be consistently used without voicing, as Amaterasu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{com|ja|天|照らす|t1=sky, the heavens|t2=to illuminate something, to shine upon something|tr1=ama|tr2=terasu}} 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”), {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|-す}} す (-su), {{sortkey|ja|天照}} あまてらす, {{rendaku2|terasu|derasu|nocaps=1}} the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-verb|あまてらす|あまでらす}} 天(あま)照(てらす) or 天照(あまでらす) • (amaterasu or amaderasu)
  1. (epithet) heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase) Related terms: 月読 (Tsukuyomi) (ruby: (つく), (よみ)), 須佐之男 (Susanoo) (ruby: (), (), (), ()), 伊邪那岐 (Izanagi) (ruby: (), (), (), ()), 伊邪那美 (ruby: (), (), (), ()) (english: Izanami), 天照る (amateru) (ruby: (あま), ()), 天照らす (amaterasu) (ruby: (あま), ())
    Sense id: en-天照-ja-verb-FoQ5HFgK
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.\nSuperficially, a compound of 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”). However, this derives instead as an honorific form of compound verb 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”), as the 照らす (terasu) is not the usual transitive or causative conjugation of the intransitive verb 照る (teru, “to shine, to light up”), but rather an example of the verb with the Old Japanese honorific verb suffix す (-su).\nAs a verbal epithet, also found in some older texts with the reading Amaderasu, where the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The name appears to be consistently used without voicing, as Amaterasu.",
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    {
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        [
          "天",
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        ],
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          "照",
          "てらす"
        ]
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "天照",
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          "天照",
          "アマテラス"
        ]
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Amaterasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess"
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        "(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess"
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          "word": "天照大神"
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        "sciences"
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        "the Sun"
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        "(poetic) the Sun"
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      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠te̞ɾa̠sɨ]"
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    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
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}

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          "天",
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      "form": "天照",
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      "form": "amaterasu",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "月",
          "つく"
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          "読",
          "よみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "月読"
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    {
      "roman": "Susanoo",
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        [
          "須",
          "す"
        ],
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          "さ"
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          "之",
          "の"
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          "男",
          "お"
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      "word": "須佐之男"
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      "roman": "Izanagi",
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        [
          "伊",
          "い"
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          "邪",
          "ざ"
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        [
          "那",
          "な"
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          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
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      "english": "Izanami",
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          "那",
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        [
          "美",
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      ],
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      "roman": "amateru",
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      "roman": "amaterasu",
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          "天",
          "あま"
        ],
        [
          "照",
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      ],
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        "heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase)"
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        "(epithet) heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase)"
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      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠te̞ɾa̠sɨ]"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 天照 meaning in Japanese (8.1kB)

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