天照らす
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 照 |
| あま Grade: 1 |
て > で Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 照 |
| あま Grade: 1 |
て Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology edit
天照ら (irrealis of 天照る) + す (honorific auxiliary). Spelt with 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana) as 安麻泥良須 (amaderasu), suggesting a voiced form, in the 4125th poem of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū), even though 天照る was spelt without such voiced form as 安麻弖流 (amateru) in the 3650th poem.
Verb edit
天照らす or 天照らす • (amaterasu or amaderasu) †nidan
- (Classical Japanese, honorific, literal, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) Alternative form of 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”)
- (Classical Japanese, honorific, figurative, of a ruler) to rule a nation
Conjugation edit
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 天照らせ | あまてらせ | amaterase |
| Continuative (連用形) | 天照らせ | あまてらせ | amaterase |
| Terminal (終止形) | 天照らす | あまてらす | amaterasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 天照らする | あまてらする | amaterasuru |
| Realis (已然形) | 天照らすれ | あまてらすれ | amaterasure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 天照らせよ | あまてらせよ | amateraseyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 天照らせず | あまてらせず | amaterasezu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 天照らすれど | あまてらすれど | amaterasuredo |
| Causal conjunction | 天照らすれば | あまてらすれば | amaterasureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 天照らせば | あまてらせば | amateraseba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 天照らせき | あまてらせき | amateraseki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 天照らせけり | あまてらせけり | amaterasekeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 天照らせつ | あまてらせつ | amaterasetu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 天照らせぬ | あまてらせぬ | amaterasenu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 天照らせたり | あまてらせたり | amaterasetari |
| Volitional | 天照らせむ | あまてらせむ | amaterasemu |