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    3. 写生

    写生

    写しゃ生せい

    sketching

    N2KMT8News #26+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveArt & DesignKanji Vocab10 strokes

    しゃせい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    sketching, drawing from nature, portrayal, description

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは公こう園えんで花 の写しゃ生せいをしていた。

    He was sketching flowers in the park.

    KMT7Art & DesignNature & Environment
    美び術じゅつの授じゅ業ぎょうで、生せい徒とたちは風ふう景けいの写しゃ生せいに取とり組くんだ。

    In art class, students engaged in sketching landscapes.

    KMT8Art & DesignEducation
    有ゆう名めいな画が家かは、旅たび先さきで多おおくの写しゃ生せい画がを残のこした。

    The famous painter left many sketches from nature during his travels.

    KMT8Art & DesignTravel & Transportation
    この小しょう説せつは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの心しん理りを写しゃ生せいするように描びょう写しゃしている。

    This novel portrays the psychology of its characters as if sketching them from life.

    KMT8Art & DesignLiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    写しゃ生せいを通とおじて、対してた象いしょ物うぶつの細さい部ぶを観かん察さつする力ちからが養やしなわれる。

    Through sketching, the ability to observe the details of subjects is cultivated.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    写
    うつ.す・うつ.る・うつ-・うつ.し…(2)
    copy・be photographed・describe
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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