JLPT N4 · Verb

写す (utsusu)

写す (うつす, utsusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to copy; to duplicate”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うつす
Romaji: utsusu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe · godan verb, transitive
to describe; to depict; to portray; to express · godan verb, transitive
to imitate; to model after · godan verb, transitive
to take (a photo); to photograph; to film; to shoot · godan verb, transitive · also written as 撮す

Example sentences

このページをノートに写しておきなさい。

Copy this page in your notebook.

Tatoeba #223218

その写真は空から写されたものである。

The picture was taken from the air.

Tatoeba #209615

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 写す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	写す	うつす utsusu
Polite (~masu)	写します	うつします utsushimasu
Negative	写さない	うつさない utsusanai
Polite negative	写しません	うつしません utsushimasen
Past	写した	うつした utsushita
Polite past	写しました	うつしました utsushimashita
Negative past	写さなかった	うつさなかった utsusanakatta
Te-form	写して	うつして utsushite
Potential	写せる	うつせる utsuseru
Passive	写される	うつされる utsusareru
Causative	写させる	うつさせる utsusaseru
Volitional	写そう	うつそう utsusou
Imperative	写せ	うつせ utsuse
Conditional (~ba)	写せば	うつせば utsuseba

Kanji in 写す

写

copy, be photographed, describeシャ・ジャ・うつ.す・うつ.る · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 写す.

写真しゃしんphotograph写るうつるto be photographed写生しゃせいsketching複写ふくしゃcopying写しうつしcopy描写びょうしゃdepiction映写えいしゃprojection (on a screen)

Source: JMdict entry 1588320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.