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写生

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

写生 — “sketching (from life), drawing from nature”

写生 (read しゃせい) means sketching (from life), drawing from nature. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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しゃせい

Meaning

sketching (from life), drawing from nature

写生 in a sentence

公園こうえんで写生しゃせいする。

I sketch in the park.

The kanji in 写生

写to copy; to take (a photo)
生birth; life; raw

Words that share a kanji with 写生

写真しゃしん— a picture; a photograph
写すうつす— to copy, to take a photo
写るうつる— to be photographed, to come out (in a photo)
複写ふくしゃ— duplication, reproduction, copying
生まれるうまれる— to be born
学生がくせい— student
生徒せいと— student; pupil
先生せんせい— teacher, professor; master; doctor

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