しらす
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 白子 |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しらす [shìrású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠sɨᵝ]
Noun
しらす or シラス • (shirasu) ←しらす (sirasu)?
- whitebait (young fish of certain species), especially the young of sardines
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Etymology 2
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 知らす |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しらす [shìrású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠sɨᵝ]
Verb
しらす • (shirasu) ←しらす (sirasu)? godan (stem しらし (shirashi), past しらした (shirashita))
- Alternative form of しらせる (shiraseru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "しらす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | しらさ | shirasa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | しらし | shirashi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | しらす | shirasu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | しらす | shirasu | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | しらせ | shirase | |
| Imperative (命令形) | しらせ | shirase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | しらされる | shirasareru | |
| Causative | しらさせる しらさす | shirasaseru shirasasu | |
| Potential | しらせる | shiraseru | |
| Volitional | しらそう | shirasō | |
| Negative | しらさない | shirasanai | |
| Negative continuative | しらさず | shirasazu | |
| Formal | しらします | shirashimasu | |
| Perfective | しらした | shirashita | |
| Conjunctive | しらして | shirashite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | しらせば | shiraseba | |
Etymology 3
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 白州 白洲 |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠sɨᵝ]
Noun
しらす • (shirasu)
- sandbar of white sand
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN