写す
うつす · utsusu
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
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 写しますうつします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 写しませんうつしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 写しましたうつしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 写しませんでしたうつしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 写しましょううつしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 写しうつし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 写したいうつしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 写しながらうつしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 写してうつして |
| Plain past (た形) | 写したうつした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 写したらうつしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 写しているうつしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 写さないうつさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 写さなかったうつさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 写さなくてうつさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 写せるうつせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 写せばうつせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 写せうつせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 写そううつそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 写されるうつされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 写させるうつさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 写させられるうつさせられる |
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What does 写す mean?
To copy, to duplicate, to reproduce, to trace, to transcribe. It can also mean: to describe, to depict, to portray, to express; to imitate, to model after; to take (a photo), to photograph, to film, to shoot.
How do you pronounce 写す?
うつす (utsusu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 写す?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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