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写
Copy, Photograph
うつ(す) (utsusu), うつ(る) (utsuru)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🖋️ Many manga artists don't invent every background from imagination. Instead, they visit real streets, shrines, and train stations, take photographs, and carefully copy them into their artwork. Fans often travel across Japan to find these real-life locations, a hobby known as "anime pilgrimage."
Memory Trick
🖨️ Imagine placing a drawing into a copy machine. The lid closes, a bright flash appears, and an exact copy slides out.
Readings
Onyomi: シャ (sha)
Kunyomi: うつ(す) (utsusu), うつ(る) (utsuru)
Example Words
写真
しゃしん (shashin)
Photograph
写す
うつす (utsusu)
To copy
写る
うつる (utsuru)
To be photographed
複写
ふくしゃ (fukusha)
Copy, duplicate
Example Sentence
旅行で たくさん 写真を 撮りました。
りょこうで たくさん しゃしんを とりました。
ryokou de takusan shashin o torimashita
I took many photos during my trip.