複写|ふくしゃfukusha[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcopying; duplication; reproduction; copy
   エジソンは複写ふくしゃの装置そうちを発明はつめいした。↗

   Edison invented a device for duplication.

• Synonym模写もしゃWrittenWritten register. Copying a painting or calligraphy by hand, reproducing the original closely; 「複写」 typically means machine copying.
• Synonym複製ふくせいWrittenWritten register. Reproducing or reprinting a work, as in 「無断複製禁止」; a term common in copyright contexts.
• Synonym写しうつしNeutralNeutral. A copy or transcript of a document, as in 「住民票の写し」; focuses on the copy itself rather than the act of copying.
• Synonym書き写すかきうつすNeutralNeutral. Copying something down by hand, as in 「黒板を書き写す」; stresses writing it out yourself.
• SynonymコピーNeutralNeutral loanword. The everyday word for photocopying or copying; 「複写」 sounds more formal.
• Synonym写すうつすNeutralNeutral. A broad verb covering copying down, photographing and depicting, as in 「ノートを写す」.
• Synonym書写しょしゃWrittenWritten register. Writing out characters by hand; also the school subject of penmanship, as in 「書写の時間」.
• Synonym写し取るうつしとるNeutralNeutral. Transcribing or tracing something exactly as it is; stresses faithful, word-for-word reproduction.
• Synonym謄写とうしゃWrittenWritten register. Transcribing or mimeographing; has an old-fashioned air, as in 「謄写版」.
• Synonym副書ふくしょWrittenWritten register. A copy of a document, mainly in official paperwork; rarely used today.
• Synonym複製品ふくせいひんNeutralNeutral. A physical reproduction or replica, such as a copy of an artwork.
• Synonym引き写すひきうつすNeutralNeutral. Copying word for word or tracing a picture over another sheet.
• Synonym写字しゃじWrittenWritten register. Transcribing characters; bookish and rarely used today.
• Synonym副本ふくほんWrittenWritten register. A duplicate set against the original, mainly in legal contexts.
• Related模造もぞうWrittenWritten register. Manufacturing an imitation, as in 「模造品」「模造刀」; can also denote a substitute.
• RelatedレプリカNeutralNeutral loanword. A replica or reproduction model, as in 「レプリカユニフォーム」.
• Related臨写りんしゃWrittenWritten register. Copying a model of calligraphy or painting by hand; a calligraphy term.
• Related模作もさくWrittenWritten register. Creating a work in imitation of another's; an art-world term.
• Antonym原稿げんこうNeutralNeutral. The original manuscript for printing or publication; the source, as opposed to the copies made from it.

Use 「複写」 for copying with carbon paper or a machine, as in 「複写禁止」. For everyday photocopying say 「コピー」; for reproducing a work, 「複製」; for a copy of a document, 「写し」; for copying out by hand, 「書き写す」. The original manuscript is 「原稿」.

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

1. 写うつしてあるものをもう一度いちど移うつすこと。
2. 同一どういつ書類しょるいを複数枚ふくすうまい作つくること。
3. 複写機ふくしゃきでコピーすること。