写る|うつるutsuru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be photographed; to be projected
    私は鏡かがみに写うつっている自分じぶんを見みつめているのです。↗
    I'm staring at myself in a mirror.
Conjugation
Dictionary form写る(うつる)
Polite (masu)写ります(うつります)
Negative (nai)写らない(うつらない)
polite (masen)写りません(うつりません)
classical zu / nu写らず・写らぬ(うつらず・うつらぬ)
Past (ta)写った(うつった)
polite (mashita)写りました(うつりました)
Past negative (nakatta)写らなかった(うつらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)写りませんでした(うつりませんでした)
Te form写って(うつって)
Potential写れる(うつれる)
Passive写られる(うつられる)
Causative写らせる(うつらせる)
Causative passive写らせられる・写らされる(うつらせられる・うつらされる)
Conditional (ba)写れば(うつれば)
tara写ったら(うつったら)
Volitional写ろう(うつろう)
polite (mashou)写りましょう(うつりましょう)
Imperative写れ(うつれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive写るうつる⇄transitive写すうつす
写る emphasizes that something appears or is captured in a photograph as a natural result, while 写す focuses on the deliberate act of capturing it.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 形かたち・姿すがたなどが写真しゃしんに現あらわれる。
  2. 裏側うらがわにある物ものが透き通すきとおって見みえる。
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