Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From () (shira), the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis form) of () (shiru, to know) + auxiliary verb (su).

() (shira) changes to () (shiro) as the result of 音便 (onbin, euphony).

Verb edit

()ろす (shirosutransitive yodan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic, honorific) to know

Conjugation edit