写す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
写
うつ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寫す (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 移す.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "写す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		写す うつ​す
Imperative (命令形) 写せ うつ​せ
Key constructions
Passive 写される うつされ​る
Causative 写させる うつさせ​る
Potential 写せる うつせ​る
Volitional 写そう うつそ​ー
Negative 写さない うつさ​ない
Negative perfective 写さなかった うつさ​なかった
Formal 写します うつしま​す
Perfective 写した うつ​した
Conjunctive 写して うつ​して
Hypothetical conditional 写せば うつ​せば

Verb

写(うつ)す • (utsusu) transitive godan (stem 写(うつ)し (utsushi), past 写(うつ)した (utsushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 写す
mediopassive 写る
  1. to copy
  2. to describe
  3. to picture
  4. to photograph

Conjugation

Conjugation of "写す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 写さ うつさ utsusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 写し うつし utsushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 写す うつす utsusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 写す うつす utsusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 写せ うつせ utsuse
Meireikei ("imperative") 写せ うつせ utsuse
Key constructions
Passive 写される うつされる utsusareru
Causative 写させる
写さす 		うつさせる
うつさす 		utsusaseru
utsusasu
Potential 写せる うつせる utsuseru
Volitional 写そう うつそう utsusō
Negative 写さない うつさない utsusanai
Negative continuative 写さず うつさず utsusazu
Formal 写します うつします utsushimasu
Perfective 写した うつした utsushita
Conjunctive 写して うつして utsushite
Hypothetical conditional 写せば うつせば utsuseba
Classical conjugation of "写す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 写さ うつさ utusa
Continuative (連用形) 写し うつし utusi
Terminal (終止形) 写す うつす utusu
Attributive (連体形) 写す うつす utusu
Realis (已然形) 写せ うつせ utuse
Imperative (命令形) 写せ うつせ utuse
Key constructions
Negative 写さず うつさず utusazu
Contrasting conjunction 写せど うつせど utusedo
Causal conjunction 写せば うつせば utuseba
Conditional conjunction 写さば うつさば utusaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 写しき うつしき utusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 写しけり うつしけり utusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 写しつ うつしつ utusitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 写しぬ うつしぬ utusinu
Perfect-continuative tense 写せり
写したり		 うつせり
うつしたり		 utuseri
utusitari
Volitional 写さむ うつさむ utusamu

References

  1. ^ “写す”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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