光る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひか
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨pi1karu⟩ → */pʲikaru//ɸikaru//hikaru/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pikaru.

The initial hika- is cognate with ぴかぴか (pikapika, glitteringly, sparklingly).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "光る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
光る
Imperative (命令形) 光れ
Key constructions
Passive 光られる かられ
Causative 光らせる からせ
Potential 光れる かれ
Volitional 光ろう かろ
Negative 光らない からない
Negative perfective 光らなかった からなかった
Formal 光ります かりま
Perfective 光った った
Conjunctive 光って って
Hypothetical conditional 光れば れば

Verb

(ひか) (hikaruintransitive godan (stem (ひか) (hikari), past (ひか)った (hikatta))

  1. to shine, gleam, glitter
    ピカピカ(ひか)
    pikapika hikaru
    to glitter
  2. to shine, stand out, be excellent

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *pikaru.

From stem ひか (pi1ka-, cognate with modern ぴかぴか (pikapika), “glitteringly, sparklingly) +‎ (-ru, verb suffix).

Most likely cognate with (pi1, sun).

Verb

光る (pi1karu) (kana ひかる)

  1. to shine, gleam, glitter

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Descendants

  • Japanese: 光る (hikaru)

See also