写す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
写
うつ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寫す (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 移す.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うつ​す [ùtsúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝsɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "写す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
写す うつ​す [ùtsúꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 写せ うつ​せ [ùtsúꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 写される うつされ​る [ùtsúsáréꜜrù]
Causative 写させる うつさせ​る [ùtsúsáséꜜrù]
Potential 写せる うつせ​る [ùtsúséꜜrù]
Volitional 写そう うつそ​ー [ùtsúsóꜜò]
Negative 写さない うつさ​ない [ùtsúsáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 写さなかった うつさ​なかった [ùtsúsáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 写します うつしま​す [ùtsúshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 写した うつ​した [ùtsúꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 写して うつ​して [ùtsúꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 写せば うつ​せば [ùtsúꜜsèbà]

Verb

写(うつ)す • (utsusu) transitive godan (stem 写(うつ)し (utsushi), past 写(うつ)した (utsushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 写す
mediopassive 写る
  1. to copy
  2. to describe
  3. to picture
  4. to photograph

Conjugation

References

  1. “写す”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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