JLPT N3 · Verb

映す (utsusu)

映す (うつす, utsusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to project; to reflect”. It appears in JLPT N3 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 N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

一本の高い木が水面に長い影を映している。
A tall tree projects its long shadow on the water.

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

Conjugation of 映す

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary映すうつす utsusu
Polite (~masu)映しますうつします utsushimasu
Negative映さないうつさない utsusanai
Polite negative映しませんうつしません utsushimasen
Past映したうつした utsushita
Polite past映しましたうつしました utsushimashita
Negative past映さなかったうつさなかった utsusanakatta
Te-form映してうつして utsushite
Potential映せるうつせる utsuseru
Passive映されるうつされる utsusareru
Causative映させるうつさせる utsusaseru
Volitional映そううつそう utsusou
Imperative映せうつせ utsuse
Conditional (~ba)映せばうつせば utsuseba

Kanji in 映す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 映す.

Source: JMdict entry 1588330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.