映す
うつす · utsusu
To project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 映しますうつします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 映しませんうつしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 映しましたうつしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 映しませんでしたうつしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 映しましょううつしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 映しうつし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 映したいうつしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 映しながらうつしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 映してうつして |
| Plain past (た形) | 映したうつした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 映したらうつしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 映しているうつしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 映さないうつさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 映さなかったうつさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 映さなくてうつさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 映せるうつせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 映せばうつせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 映せうつせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 映そううつそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 映されるうつされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 映させるうつさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 映させられるうつさせられる |
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What does 映す mean?
To project, to reflect, to cast (shadow).
How do you pronounce 映す?
うつす (utsusu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 映す?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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