写す
うつす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
- to describe; to depict; to portray; to express
- to imitate; to model after
- to take (a photo); to photograph; to film; to shoot (also written as 撮す)
Kanji
- 写 copy. Read as うつす.
Example sentences
- その写真は空から写されたものである。
The picture was taken from the air. - このページをノートに写しておきなさい。
Copy this page in your notebook. - 彼が黒板に書くことはすべてノートに写した。
I copied in my notebook whatever he wrote on the blackboard. - 彼は試験で、前の席の女の子の答案を写してカンニングした。
He cheated on the test by copying from the girl in front. - 彼は友達のノートを写すのに忙しかった。
He was busy copying his friend's notebook.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 写る (うつる) to be photographed (intransitive partner)
Words containing 写す
- 写し取る (うつしとる) to make a copy (of)
- 写し絵 (うつしえ) sketch (depicting real people or nature)
- 写真を写す (しゃしんをうつす) to photograph
And 1 more.