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to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
to describe; to depict; to portray; to express
to imitate; to model after
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.