翳す

• 読み: かざす
• ローマ字: kazasu
• 漢字の分解: 翳 (ei/kaza) — shade, shadow, screen, hold over
• 発音: /ka.za.sɯ/

意味

To hold up; to hold over; to shade; to screen; to pass (a card) over a reader.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated as 翳さ-ない, 翳し-ます. Used for physical gestures of holding something aloft or interposing it between oneself and light or heat. In modern usage also includes passing an IC card over a reader. Can convey both protection (shading one's eyes) and ceremonial display (holding up an object with intent).

例文

1. 彼女は強い日差しを避けるために手をかざして歩いた。
2. 改札でICカードをかざすと、ゲートがすぐに開いた。
3. 司祭は儀式の中で蝋燭を高く翳し、参列者に向かって礼をした。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, transportation, ceremony, narrative

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the kanji 翳 (shade, shadow) with the verb suffix す. Related to 影 (shadow), the word originally evoked creating shade by interposing an object between a light source and its target.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal