写す

うつす

撮す

[utsusu]

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe

2.GodanTransitive

to describe; to depict; to portray; to express

3.GodanTransitive

to imitate; to model after

4.GodanTransitive

to take (a photo); to photograph; to film; to shoot

黒板の字を写してください。

Please copy the letters on the blackboard.

詩は自然の美しさを鮮やかに写す。

The poem vividly depicts the beauty of nature.

ノートに写して覚えました。

I copied it in my notebook and memorized it.