写し|うつしutsushi[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouncopy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
   その写うつしは原本げんぽんと合あっている。↗

   The copy agrees with the original.
2. noun, Internetcc (on e-mails); carbon copy

• Synonym複写ふくしゃNeutralCopying documents with carbon paper or a photocopier; 写し stresses the copy itself as a document in its own right.
• Synonym複製ふくせいNeutralReproducing works such as art or video, as in 「無断複製」; 写し centers on copies of documents.
• SynonymコピーNeutralLoanword for photocopying or copying; the most common choice in speech, while 写し leans toward copies of formal documents.
• SynonymレプリカNeutralLoanword for a replica or reproduction model, mostly of artworks and trophies; 写し usually refers to documents.
• Synonym模写もしゃNeutralTracing or copying paintings and calligraphy; 写し centers on copies of documents.
• SynonymデュプリケートNeutralLoanword for a duplicate or copy, used mainly in technical contexts; in everyday speech say 写し or コピー.
• Related模造もぞうNeutralManufacturing an imitation of the original, as in 「模造品」「模造刀」; 写し is a copy made by transcribing or duplicating the original as is.
• Related副本ふくほんWrittenWritten and formal: a copy kept alongside the original, often in legal contexts; 写し is the more everyday word.
• Related複製品ふくせいひんNeutralAn imitation object made to match the original; 写し centers on copies of documents.
• RelatedデュープNeutralRare loanword for a duplicate copy; say コピー in everyday use.
• Related模作もさくWrittenWritten and formal: a work made in imitation of another; 写し centers on copies of documents.
• Antonym原本げんぽんNeutralAntonym on the original-versus-copy axis: the original document, as opposed to a 写し.
• Antonym原物げんぶつNeutralAntonym on the original-versus-copy axis: the original object itself, as opposed to a copy.

Use 「写し」 for a copy of a document, as in 「住民票の写し」. For everyday photocopying say 「コピー」; for reproducing works, 「複製」; for replicas of artworks or trophies, 「レプリカ」; for manufactured imitations, 「模造」. 「副本」 is formal, legal-flavored. Opposites: 「原本」「原物」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 写うつすこと。模写もしゃ。
2. 写し取うつしとった文書ぶんしょ。謄本とうほん。
3. 「うつす」の連用形れんようけい。