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    転写

    転てん写しゃ

    transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.)

    KMT10News #39+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveTechnologyScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    てんしゃ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.), copying, transfer (printing)
    2.
    transcription, transliteration
    linguistics

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    この文ぶん書しょを別べつの紙 に転てん写しゃしてください。

    Please transcribe this document onto another piece of paper.

    KMT8Daily Life
    このプリンターは、画が像ぞうをTシャツに転シャツに写てんしゃする機き能のうがあります。

    This printer has the function to transfer images onto T-shirts.

    KMT9TechnologyFashion & Beauty
    遺い伝でん子し転てん写しゃのメカニズムは、生せい物ぶつ学がく研けん究きゅうの重じゅう要ようなテーマです。

    The mechanism of gene transcription is an important theme in biological research.

    KMT9Science & Math
    DNAからRNAへの転からへの写てんしゃは生せい命めい活かつ動どうの基き本ほんです。

    Transcription from DNA to RNA is fundamental to life activities.

    KMT10Science & Math
    古ふるい手て書がきの記き録ろくをデジタルデータに転てん写しゃする作さ業ぎょうは時じ間かんがかかる。

    The task of transcribing old handwritten records into digital data is time-consuming.

    KMT10TechnologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    転
    ころ.がる・ころ.げる・ころ.がす・ころ.ぶ・まろ.ぶ・うたた…(3)
    revolve・turn around・change
    写
    うつ.す・うつ.る・うつ-・うつ.し…(2)
    copy・be photographed・describe
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