うつす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
No, let's just copy the necessary parts.
2. to describe; to depict; to portray; to express
This novel portrays the lives of people back then very well.
3. to imitate; to model after
4. to take (a photo); to photograph; to film; to shoot
also written as 撮す
The camera was clearly capturing the scene.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to copy verbatim; to copy word-by-word; to trace; to copy (an illustration) by tracing
to photograph; to take a picture
Examples (14 in total)
Let's copy the contents.
It was a photo that captured the face in a close-up.
If you like, you can copy mine.
No, let's just copy the necessary parts.
The picture was taken from the air.
The camera was clearly capturing the scene.
Copy this page in your notebook.
Even though I have inherited my father's camera, I do not photograph people.
Tom, will you let me copy your math homework?
The author vividly depicts what Tokyo was like after the war.
This novel portrays the lives of people back then very well.
I copied in my notebook whatever he wrote on the blackboard.
Ms. Takada accused the boy of copying another student's homework.
After that exchange, we put away our bento and start copying the assignments.