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翳かざす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft
And then, everyone holds their swords up over their heads.
2. to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something
Do not hold your hands over the fire.
3. to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
Shading her eyes with her hand, she looked up at the midsummer sky.
Alt. forms
かざす
83%
翳かざす
16%
Kanji used
翳
hold aloft
Pitch accent
か
ざす
か
ざ
す
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Conjugations...Used in: 531
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to shade one's eyes with one's hand (blocking sunlight, looking afar, etc.)