照

Meaning

照 centers on light making things visible: illuminating or shining. The sense of comparing comes from holding something up to the light to examine it, and bashfulness is a natural extension of being exposed or brought to light.

• 参照さんしょう
  N1

  reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison

• 照れてれ

  abashment; bashfulness

• 照明しょうめい
  N1

  illumination; lighting

• 照らすてらす
  N2

  to shine on; to illuminate

• 対照たいしょう
  N2

  contrast; antithesis; comparison

• 照射しょうしゃ

  irradiation; radiation; beaming

• 照準しょうじゅん

  sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

• 照会しょうかい
  N1

  inquiry; query; enquiry; referral (e.g. to a doctor or court)

• 日照にっしょう

  sunlight

• 照合しょうごう
  N1

  check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification

• 照りてり

  sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

• 照れるてれる
  N1

  to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

• 照るてる
  N2

  to shine

• 東照宮とうしょうぐう

  Toshogu Shrine

• 火照るほてる

  to feel hot; to flush; to burn

• 照度しょうど

  (intensity of) illumination; illuminance

• 照れ隠してれかくし

  hiding one's embarrassment

• 日照りひでり

  dry weather; drought

• 探照灯たんしょうとう

  searchlight

• 残照ざんしょう

  afterglow

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