I Love Kanji写る (utsuru)
写る (うつる, utsuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be photographed; to be projected”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うつる
- Romaji
- utsuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be photographed; to be projected · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 写る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 写る | うつる utsuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 写ります | うつります utsurimasu |
| Negative | 写らない | うつらない utsuranai |
| Polite negative | 写りません | うつりません utsurimasen |
| Past | 写った | うつった utsutta |
| Polite past | 写りました | うつりました utsurimashita |
| Negative past | 写らなかった | うつらなかった utsuranakatta |
| Te-form | 写って | うつって utsutte |
| Potential | 写れる | うつれる utsureru |
| Passive | 写られる | うつられる utsurareru |
| Causative | 写らせる | うつらせる utsuraseru |
| Volitional | 写ろう | うつろう utsurou |
| Imperative | 写れ | うつれ utsure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 写れば | うつれば utsureba |
Kanji in 写る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 写る.
写真しゃしんphotograph写すうつすto copy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 1321820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.