燦然

Chinese

glorious; bright; brilliant
glorious; bright; brilliant; lustrous; resplendent
 
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (燦然)
simp. (灿然)

Pronunciation


Adjective

燦然

  1. bright; shining

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Jinmeiyō
ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
粲然

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぜん [sàńzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠nd͡zẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

(さん)(ぜん) • (sanzenさんぜん (sanzen)?-tari (adnominal (さん)(ぜん)とした (sanzen to shita) or (さん)(ぜん)たる (sanzen taru), adverbial (さん)(ぜん) (sanzen to) or (さん)(ぜん)として (sanzen to shite))

  1. (literary) shining

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "燦然たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 燦然たら さんぜんたら sanzen tara
Continuative (連用形) 燦然と[1]
燦然たり[2]
さんぜんと
さんぜんたり
sanzen to
sanzen tari
Terminal (終止形) 燦然たり さんぜんたり sanzen tari
Attributive (連体形) 燦然たる さんぜんたる sanzen taru
Realis (已然形) 燦然たれ さんぜんたれ sanzen tare
Imperative (命令形) 燦然たれ さんぜんたれ sanzen tare
Key constructions
Negative 燦然たらず さんぜんたらず sanzen tarazu
Contrasting conjunction 燦然たれど さんぜんたれど sanzen taredo
Causal conjunction 燦然たれば さんぜんたれば sanzen tareba
Conditional conjunction 燦然たらば さんぜんたらば sanzen taraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 燦然たりき さんぜんたりき sanzen tariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 燦然たりけり さんぜんたりけり sanzen tarikeri
Adverbial 燦然と さんぜんと sanzen to

[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN