Vocab Info

N4 う-verb (く), Transitive verb

描(えが)く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.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to draw, to paint, to sketch

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      2. 2.

        to depict, to describe

        Only applies to えがく
      3. 3.

        to picture in one's mind, to imagine

      4. 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】

    Details

      • え

      • が

      • く

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 宿題(しゅくだい)で父親(ちちおや)の似顔絵(にがおえ)を描(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)画(が)を描(えが)いた人(ひと)が誰(だれ)かあなたは知(し)っている?

      Do you know who painted this landscape?

      • N4
    • 父(ちち)は建築(けんちく)士(し)の資格(しかく)を持(も)っているため、家(いえ)の設計(せっけい)図(ず)を描(えが)く事(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)の頃(ころ)に描(えが)いた漫画(まんが)を出版(しゅっぱん)社(しゃ)に持(も)ち込(こ)んだところ、その漫画(まんが)の連載(れんさい)が決(き)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)のテストで円(えん)の作図(さくず)をする時(とき)は、必(かなら)ずコンパスを用(もち)いて描(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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