N2980/1725

照てる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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てる

Meanings

to shine
to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

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Example sentences

太陽たいようが照てっている日ひは洗濯物せんたくものがよく乾かわく。

On days when the sun is shining, the laundry dries well.

今日きょうは一日中いちにちじゅう太陽たいようが照てり続つづけて、とても暑あつかった。

The sun kept shining all day today, and it was very hot.

雨あめも降ふらず太陽たいようも照てらない曇くもりの日ひが続つづいている。

Cloudy days with neither rain nor sunshine have been continuing.

夏なつの日差ひざしが強つよく照てると、アスファルトが熱あつくなる。

When the summer sun shines strongly, the asphalt gets hot.

能のうの面おもてが照てるような表情ひょうじょうを見みせたとき、観客かんきゃくは息いきをのんだ。

When the Noh mask showed an expression of shining joy, the audience held their breath.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)