Jump to content

光る

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Japanese

[edit]
Kanji in this term
ひか
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

[edit]

⟨pi1karu⟩ → */pʲikaru//ɸikaru//hikaru/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pikaru.

The initial hika- is cognate with ぴかぴか (pikapika, glitteringly, sparklingly).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「光る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
光る [hìkáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 光れ [hìkáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 光られる かられ [hìkáráréꜜrù]
Causative 光らせる からせ [hìkáráséꜜrù]
Potential 光れる かれ [hìkáréꜜrù]
Volitional 光ろう かろ [hìkáróꜜò]
Negative 光らない からない [hìkáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 光らなかった からなかった [hìkáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 光ります かりま [hìkárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 光った った [hìkáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 光って って [hìkáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 光れば れば [hìkáꜜrèbà]

Verb

[edit]

(ひか) (hikaruintransitive godan (stem (ひか) (hikari), past (ひか)った (hikatta))

  1. to shine, gleam, glitter
    ピカピカ(ひか)
    pikapika hikaru
    to glitter
  2. to shine, stand out, be excellent

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Idioms

[edit]

Proverbs

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Old Japanese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Japonic *pikaru.

From stem ひか (pi1ka-, cognate with modern ぴかぴか (pikapika), “glitteringly, sparklingly) +‎ (-ru, verb suffix).

Most likely cognate with (pi1, sun).

Verb

[edit]

光る (pi1karu) (kana ひかる)

  1. to shine, gleam, glitter

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Japanese: 光る (hikaru)

See also

[edit]