Illustration: In a Japanese apartment after dusk, a parent crouches beside the sofa and aims a flashlight into the dark space underneath. The beam lands clearly on a missing toy train, revealing its wheels and the dust around it while the surrounding recess remains dark.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

照てらす

terasu

to illuminate, to shine on

Example sentences

  1. 暗くらい部屋へやの中なかを懐中電灯かいちゅうでんとうで照てらした。

    I shone a flashlight into the dark room.

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  2. その部屋へやは赤あかい光ひかりで照てらされていた。

    The room was illuminated with red lights.

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  3. 広場はライトで赤々と照らされている。

    The square was illuminated by bright lights.

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Kanji in 照

  • 照illuminate; shineOnショウKunてる・てらす・てれる

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