"天照る" meaning in Japanese

See 天照る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: 天(あま) (ama, “heaven”) + 照(て)る (teru, “to shine”) Etymology templates: {{com-ja|天|あま|照る|てる|t1=heaven|t2=to shine}} 天(あま) (ama, “heaven”) + 照(て)る (teru, “to shine”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|あまてる|type=yo}} 天(あま)照(て)る • (amateru) ^†yodan Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|あまて|4-r}} Forms: 天照る [canonical] (ruby: (あま), ()), amateru [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], 天照ら [irrealis, stem], あまてら [irrealis, stem], amatera [irrealis], 天照り [continuative, stem], あまてり [continuative, stem], amateri [continuative], 天照る [stem, terminative], あまてる [stem, terminative], amateru [terminative], 天照る [attributive, stem], あまてる [attributive, stem], amateru [attributive], 天照れ [realis, stem], あまてれ [realis, stem], amatere [realis], 天照れ [imperative, stem], あまてれ [imperative, stem], amatere [imperative], 天照らず [negative], あまてらず [negative], amaterazu [negative], 天照れど [contrastive], あまてれど [contrastive], amateredo [contrastive], 天照れば [causative], あまてれば [causative], amatereba [causative], 天照らば [conditional], あまてらば [conditional], amateraba [conditional], 天照りき [past], あまてりき [past], amateriki [past], 天照りけり [past], あまてりけり [past], amaterikeri [past], 天照りつ [perfect], あまてりつ [perfect], amateritu [perfect], 天照りぬ [perfect], あまてりぬ [perfect], amaterinu [perfect], 天照れり [continuative, perfect], 天照りたり [continuative, perfect], あまてれり [continuative, perfect], あまてりたり [continuative, perfect], amatereri [continuative, perfect], amateritari [continuative, perfect], 天照らむ [volitional], あまてらむ [volitional], amateramu [volitional]
  1. (Classical Japanese, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) to shine in heaven Tags: Classical, Japanese Related terms: 天照神 (Amateru Kami) (ruby: (あま), (てる), (かみ))

Alternative forms

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      "form": "あまてりぬ",
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      "form": "天照らむ",
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      "form": "あまてらむ",
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      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あまて",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Amateru Kami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "あま"
        ],
        [
          "照",
          "てる"
        ],
        [
          "神",
          "かみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "天照神"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Japanese",
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Japanese yodan verbs",
        "Japanese yodan verbs ending with -ru",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Japanese deities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shine in heaven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Classical Japanese",
          "Classical Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical Japanese, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) to shine in heaven"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of gods and heavenly bodies"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "天照る"
}

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