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    書写

    書しょ写しゃ

    transcription

    KMT9News #28+1EducationKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しょしゃ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    transcription, copying

    Noun

    2.
    handwriting (as a school subject), penmanship

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    小しょう学がっ校こうで書しょ写しゃの授じゅ業ぎょうがある。

    There is a penmanship class in elementary school.

    KMT7Education
    古ふるい文ぶん献けんを書しょ写しゃする作さ業ぎょうは、非ひ常じょうに時じ間かんがかかる。

    The task of transcribing old documents is very time-consuming.

    KMT9EducationHistory
    書しょ写しゃの練れん習しゅうを通とおして、文も字じを丁てい寧ねいに書かくことの重じゅう要よう性せいを学まなんだ。

    Through penmanship practice, I learned the importance of writing characters carefully.

    KMT9Education
    昔むかしの僧そう侶りょたちは、経きょう典てんを書しょ写しゃすることで信しん仰こうを深ふかめた。

    Monks in ancient times deepened their faith by transcribing sutras.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの書しょ写しゃは、まるで印いん刷さつされたかのように整ととのっていて美うつくしい。

    His handwriting is so neat and beautiful, it looks as if it were printed.

    KMT10Art & DesignEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
    写
    うつ.す・うつ.る・うつ-・うつ.し…(2)
    copy・be photographed・describe
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