Vocab Info

N4 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

(えが)to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

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    1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to draw, to paint, to sketch

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    2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to depict, to describe

      Only applies to えがく
    3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to picture in one's mind, to imagine

    4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

    All Forms

    描く 【えがく】描く 【かく】画く 【えがく】画く 【かく】

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    Examples

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      宿題(しゅくだい)父親(ちちおや)似顔絵(にがおえ)(えが)かなくてはなりません。

      You have to draw a portrait of your father for homework.

      • N4

      この風景(ふうけい)()(えが)いた(ひと)(だれ)かあなたは()っている?

      Do you know who painted this landscape?

      • N4

      (ちち)建築(けんちく)()資格(しかく)()っているため、(いえ)設計(せっけい)()(えが)(こと)ができます。

      My father is a licensed architect and can draw blueprints for a house.

      • N4

      学生(がくせい)(ころ)(えが)いた漫画(まんが)出版(しゅっぱん)(しゃ)()()んだところ、その漫画(まんが)連載(れんさい)()まった。

      I brought a manga I had drawn as a student to a publisher, and they decided to serialize it.

      • N3

      数学(すうがく)のテストで(えん)作図(さくず)をする(とき)は、(かなら)ずコンパスを(もち)いて(えが)かなければなりません

      You must draw with a compass when drafting a circle on a math test.

      • N3
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