描く
えがく · egaku
To draw, to paint, to sketch
- to depict, to describe
- to picture in one's mind, to imagine
- to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 描きますえがきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 描きませんえがきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 描きましたえがきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 描きませんでしたえがきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 描きましょうえがきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 描きえがき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 描きたいえがきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 描きながらえがきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 描いてえがいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 描いたえがいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 描いたらえがいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 描いているえがいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 描かないえがかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 描かなかったえがかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 描かなくてえがかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 描けるえがける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 描けばえがけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 描けえがけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 描こうえがこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 描かれるえがかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 描かせるえがかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 描かされるえがかされる |
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What does 描く mean?
To draw, to paint, to sketch. It can also mean: to depict, to describe; to picture in one's mind, to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.).
How do you pronounce 描く?
えがく (egaku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 描く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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