写す

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 移す.[1]

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
Imperative (命令形) 写せ
Key constructions
Passive 写される つされ
Causative 写させる つさせ
Potential 写せる つせ
Volitional 写そう つそ
Negative 写さない つさない
Negative perfective 写さなかった つさなかった
Formal 写します つしま
Perfective 写した した
Conjunctive 写して して
Hypothetical conditional 写せば せば

Verb

(うつ) (utsusutransitive godan (stem (うつ) (utsushi), past (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

References

  1. ^ 写す”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN