差さす

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

shine; shine in; fall on

Intransitive use for light, especially sunlight, entering or falling on a place. Often written 射す in more specific orthography, but 差す is attested here.

See also: 射す

• 窓まどから朝あさ日ひが差さしている。

  Morning sunlight is shining in through the window.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

show; be visible; be tinged with

Used when a color, sign, or feeling becomes visible on a face, surface, or scene. 赤みが差す is a common pattern for a reddish tinge; 疲れの色が差す means signs of fatigue show.

• 彼かれの顔かおには疲つかれの色いろが差さしていた。

  Signs of fatigue showed on his face.

• 夕ゆう方がたになると空そらに赤あかみが差さす。

  Toward evening, the sky takes on a reddish tinge.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

rise; flow in; come in

Intransitive use for water, especially the tide, rising or flowing into an area.

• 夕ゆう方がたには潮しおが差さしてくる。

  The tide will come in toward evening.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

come over one; be felt; take hold

Used mostly in fixed emotional or psychological expressions such as 気が差す and 魔が差す, where a feeling, hesitation, guilt, or sudden impulse comes over someone.

See also: 気が差す · 魔が差す

• そんな嘘うそをついて、少すこし気きが差さした。

  After telling a lie like that, I felt a little guilty.

• 一いっ瞬しゅん、魔まが差さして財さい布ふを盗ぬすんでしまった。

  For a moment I was overcome by a bad impulse and stole the wallet.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

hold up; put up; raise

Transitive use for raising or holding something up, especially 傘を差す, 'to put up or hold an umbrella.'

• 雨あめが降ふり出だしたので傘かさを差さした。

  It started raining, so I put up my umbrella.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

extend an arm straight ahead

Specialized transitive use in dance or stage movement for extending an arm straight forward. It overlaps in spelling and sound with 指す in some descriptions.

See also: 指す

• 日本にほん舞ぶ踊ようの所しょ作さで、踊おどり手ては右みぎ手てを前まえへ差さした。

  In the Japanese dance movement, the dancer extended her right arm forward.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

insert; put in; stick in

Transitive use for putting something into an opening or place. More specific spelling may be 挿す, but 差す is also used in common phrases such as 鍵を差す.

See also: 挿す

• 鍵かぎを鍵かぎ穴あなに差さす。

  Insert the key into the keyhole.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

wear at one's side; carry tucked in; carry under one's arm

Transitive use for having a sword or similar object tucked into one's belt or carried at one's side; by extension it can also describe carrying something tucked under the arm.

See also: 挿す

• 侍さむらいは腰こしに刀かたなを差さしていた。

  The samurai wore a sword at his waist.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

get an inside grip; insert one's arm under an opponent's arm

Sumo term for putting one's arm inside and under the opponent's arm, as in 右を差す or 左を差す.

• その力りき士しは立たち合あいですぐに右みぎを差さした。

  At the initial charge, the wrestler immediately got his right arm inside.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

pole a boat

Transitive use with 棹, meaning to push a boat along by using a pole. This is a limited collocation rather than a broad everyday verb sense.

See also: 刺す

• 船せん頭どうが棹さおを差さして舟ふねを進すすめた。

  The boatman pushed the boat along with a pole.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

pour; add liquid; serve drinks

Transitive use for adding or pouring liquid. 注す is a more semantically specific spelling, but 差す appears in expressions such as 水を差す and 差し水.

See also: さす

• 鍋なべが煮に詰つまったら、水みずを少すこし差さす。

  If the pot boils down too much, add a little water.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

apply; put on; color

Transitive use for applying color or cosmetics, especially 口紅を差す. The spelling 点す may be used for some related senses, but 口紅を差す is a common expression.

See also: さす

• 出でかける前まえに口くち紅べにを差さした。

  She put on lipstick before going out.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

light a fire; set alight; burn

Rare or old-fashioned use meaning to light something. Modern Japanese usually uses 火をつける or ともす; this sense is related to the spelling 点す.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは「火ひを差さす」が「火ひをつける」の意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old writing, 火を差す can be used to mean 'to light a fire.'

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

shut; close; lock; fasten

Transitive use for closing or securing something, often by putting a bar, bolt, or lock in place. 鎖す is a related spelling; everyday speech often uses 鍵をかける for 'lock.'

See also: 閉ざす

• 門もんに閂かんぬきを差さして、夜よるに備そなえた。

  They barred the gate in preparation for the night.

suffix, godan verb (-su)

stop midway; leave unfinished

Suffix-like use after the masu-stem of a verb, as in 言い差す or 読み差す, meaning to stop partway through an action or leave it unfinished. Often written in kana in modern text.

See also: 止す

• 彼かれは何なにかを言いい差さして、急きゅうに黙だまった。

  He started to say something, then suddenly fell silent.