照る
てる · teru
To shine
- to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 照りますてります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 照りませんてりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 照りましたてりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 照りませんでしたてりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 照りましょうてりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 照りてり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 照りたいてりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 照りながらてりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 照っててって |
| Plain past (た形) | 照ったてった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 照ったらてったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 照っているてっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 照らないてらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 照らなかったてらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 照らなくててらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 照れるてれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 照ればてれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 照れてれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 照ろうてろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 照られるてられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 照らせるてらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 照らされるてらされる |
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What does 照る mean?
To shine. It can also mean: to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.).
How do you pronounce 照る?
てる (teru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 照る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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