照る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
照
て
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *teru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「照る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		照る てる
Imperative (命令形) 照れ てれ
Key constructions
Passive 照られる てられる
Causative 照らせる てらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 照ろう てろー
Negative 照らない てらない
Negative perfective 照らなかった てらなかった
Formal 照ります てります
Perfective 照った てった
Conjunctive 照って てって
Hypothetical conditional 照れば てれば

Verb

照(て)る • (teru) intransitive godan (stem 照(て)り (teri), past 照(て)った (tetta))

Japanese verb pair
active 照らす
mediopassive 照る
  1. to shine
    照(て)っても降(ふ)っても……
    tette mo futte mo……
    rain or shine…
    (literally, “shine or rain…”)
  2. to be fine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "照る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 照ら てら tera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 照り てり teri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 照る てる teru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 照る てる teru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 照れ てれ tere
Meireikei ("imperative") 照れ てれ tere
Key constructions
Passive 照られる てられる terareru
Causative 照らせる
照らす 		てらせる
てらす 		teraseru
terasu
Potential 照れる てれる tereru
Volitional 照ろう てろう terō
Negative 照らない てらない teranai
Negative continuative 照らず てらず terazu
Formal 照ります てります terimasu
Perfective 照った てった tetta
Conjunctive 照って てって tette
Hypothetical conditional 照れば てれば tereba
Classical conjugation of "照る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 照ら てら tera
Continuative (連用形) 照り てり teri
Terminal (終止形) 照る てる teru
Attributive (連体形) 照る てる teru
Realis (已然形) 照れ てれ tere
Imperative (命令形) 照れ てれ tere
Key constructions
Negative 照らず てらず terazu
Contrasting conjunction 照れど てれど teredo
Causal conjunction 照れば てれば tereba
Conditional conjunction 照らば てらば teraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 照りき てりき teriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 照りけり てりけり terikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 照りつ てりつ teritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 照りぬ てりぬ terinu
Perfect-continuative tense 照れり
照りたり		 てれり
てりたり		 tereri
teritari
Volitional 照らむ てらむ teramu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “照”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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