火照る

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

()() (hoterugodan (stem ()() (hoteri), past ()()った (hotetta))

  1. to feel hot, to burn, to flush
    (わたし)()ずかしくて(みみ)火照(ほて)った
    Watashi wa hazukashikute mimi ga hotetta.
    My ears burned in embarrassment.

Usage notes[edit]

Not to be confused with ホテル (hoteru) which means hotel. Also, their pitch accent differ. 火照(ほて) (hoteru) is nakadaka (downstep at the second mora) while ホテル (hoteru) is atamadaka (downstep at the first mora).

Conjugation[edit]

  • No complex forms and volitional.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN