I Love Kanji差す (sasu)
差す (さす, sasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shine”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さす
- Romaji
- sasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to shine · godan verb, intransitive
- to be visible · godan verb, intransitive
- to be tinged with · godan verb, intransitive
- to rise (of water levels); to flow in · godan verb, intransitive
- to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
ほお紅や口紅を差すだけで表情や笑顔がどんどん変わってくるんです。
Expressions and smiles change like that just from applying rouge and lipstick.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 差す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 差す | さす sasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 差します | さします sashimasu |
| Negative | 差さない | ささない sasanai |
| Polite negative | 差しません | さしません sashimasen |
| Past | 差した | さした sashita |
| Polite past | 差しました | さしました sashimashita |
| Negative past | 差さなかった | ささなかった sasanakatta |
| Te-form | 差して | さして sashite |
| Potential | 差せる | させる saseru |
| Passive | 差される | さされる sasareru |
| Causative | 差させる | ささせる sasaseru |
| Volitional | 差そう | さそう sasou |
| Imperative | 差せ | させ sase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 差せば | させば saseba |
Kanji in 差す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 差す.
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Source: JMdict entry 1291330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.