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    3. 素描

    素描

    素そ描びょう

    drawing

    KMT9News #31+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveArt & DesignKanji Vocab21 strokes

    そびょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    drawing, sketch
    2.
    outline, summary, synopsis

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは素そ描びょうが得とく意いだ。

    He is good at sketching.

    KMT8Art & Design
    彼かの女じょは風ふう景けいの素そ描びょうを始はじめた。

    She started sketching the landscape.

    KMT9Art & DesignNature & Environment
    この小しょう説せつは、現げん代だい社しゃ会かいの人にん間げん関かん係けいを素そ描びょうしている。

    This novel sketches an outline of human relationships in modern society.

    KMT9Art & DesignLiterature
    油あぶら絵えを描えがく前まえに、まずは鉛えん筆ぴつで素そ描びょうをする。

    Before painting an oil painting, I first make a sketch with a pencil.

    KMT9Art & Design
    彼かれの研けん究きゅう論ろん文ぶんは、その理り論ろんの素そ描びょうに過すぎなかった。

    His research paper was merely an outline of the theory.

    KMT9Art & DesignEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    素
    もと…(2)
    elementary・principle・naked・uncovered
    描
    えが.く・か.く…(1)
    sketch・compose・write・draw・paint
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