I Love Kanji照る (teru)
照る (てる, teru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shine”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- てる
- Romaji
- teru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to shine · godan verb, intransitive
- to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · from 面照る
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 照る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 照る | てる teru |
| Polite (~masu) | 照ります | てります terimasu |
| Negative | 照らない | てらない teranai |
| Polite negative | 照りません | てりません terimasen |
| Past | 照った | てった tetta |
| Polite past | 照りました | てりました terimashita |
| Negative past | 照らなかった | てらなかった teranakatta |
| Te-form | 照って | てって tette |
| Potential | 照れる | てれる tereru |
| Passive | 照られる | てられる terareru |
| Causative | 照らせる | てらせる teraseru |
| Volitional | 照ろう | てろう terou |
| Imperative | 照れ | てれ tere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 照れば | てれば tereba |
Kanji in 照る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 照る.
対照たいしょうcontrast照明しょうめいillumination照らすてらすto shine on参照さんしょうreference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)照合しょうごうcheck (against)照り返すてりかえすto reflect
Source: JMdict entry 1350860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.