射る

• 読み: いる
• ローマ字: iru
• 漢字の分解: 射 (sha/i) — to shoot, to fire, to radiate
• 発音: /i.ɾɯ/

意味

To shoot (an arrow); to fire (a bow). Specifically refers to releasing arrows or projectiles from a bow.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb conjugated by dropping る (射て, 射た, 射ます). Primarily associated with archery: 弓を射る (to shoot a bow), 矢を射る (to shoot an arrow). Also used figuratively: 的を射る (to hit the mark — to be exactly right). Related to the traditional martial art of 弓道 (kyuudou — Japanese archery).

例文

1. 弓道の授業で矢を射ました。
2. 的に向かって射てください。
3. 彼の意見は的を射ている。

使い方ガイド

場面: martial arts, archery, figurative speech

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 射 combines 身 (body) with 寸 (measure/inch), originally depicting a person drawing a bow with proper form and aiming at a measured distance.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal