JLPT N3 · Verb

描く (egaku)

描く (えがく, egaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to draw; to paint”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: えがく
Romaji: egaku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to draw; to paint; to sketch · godan verb, transitive
to depict; to describe · godan verb, transitive
to picture in one's mind; to imagine · godan verb, transitive
to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

やっと絵を描き終えた。

Finally, I finished a painting.

Tatoeba #193074

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

Conjugation of 描く

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	描く	えがく egaku
Polite (~masu)	描きます	えがきます egakimasu
Negative	描かない	えがかない egakanai
Polite negative	描きません	えがきません egakimasen
Past	描いた	えがいた egaita
Polite past	描きました	えがきました egakimashita
Negative past	描かなかった	えがかなかった egakanakatta
Te-form	描いて	えがいて egaite
Potential	描ける	えがける egakeru
Passive	描かれる	えがかれる egakareru
Causative	描かせる	えがかせる egakaseru
Volitional	描こう	えがこう egakou
Imperative	描け	えがけ egake
Conditional (~ba)	描けば	えがけば egakeba

Kanji in 描く

描

sketch, compose, writeビョウ・えが.く・か.く · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 描く.

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Source: JMdict entry 1583460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.