Sasu

JLPT N5

差す (Sasu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to shine, to be visible, to be tinged with, to rise (of water levels)”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto shine
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be visible
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be tinged with
  4. godan verb, intransitive verbto rise (of water levels); to flow in
  5. godan verb, intransitive verbto be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
  6. godan verb, transitive verbto hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise

Examples

  • Speak of angels and you hear their wings.

  • Bee stings can be very painful.

  • Don't open your umbrella in the hall.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 差す

distinction

Related words

to aim at (for, to do, to become)differenceto lift upto hold outdistinctioncrossingsender (e.g. of mail)deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)measurement errorgreat differenceto insertto interfere (with)