写うつる

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写る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	写うつる	写うつらない
Polite	写うつります	写うつりません
Past polite	写うつりました	写うつりませんでした
Past	写うつった	写うつらなかった
Te-form	写うつって	写うつらないで
Desire	写うつりたい	写うつりたくない
Potential	写うつれる	写うつれない
Passive	写うつられる	写うつられない
Causative	写うつらせる	写うつらせない
Causative passive	写うつらせられるalso 写うつらされる	写うつらせられないalso 写うつらされない
Volitional	写うつろう
Polite volitional	写うつりましょう
Imperative	写うつれ	写うつるな
Conditional	写うつれば	写うつらなければ
Tara conditional	写うつったら	写うつらなかったら

Pairs with写す

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be photographed; be projected

Intransitive verb describing the result of something appearing in a photo, on a screen, or on a surface. The subject is the thing that becomes visible, not the person taking the picture.

このカメラだと、夜や景けいがきれいに写うつる。
With this camera, night scenes come out beautifully.
スクリーンに映えい像ぞうがはっきり写うつっている。
The image is clearly projected on the screen.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が写しゃ真しんに写うつるfor something to appear/show up in a photograph
この写しゃ真しんには富ふ士じ山さんがきれいに写うつっている。
Mount Fuji shows up beautifully in this photo.
〈人ひと〉がよく写うつるfor a person to photograph well / look good in pictures
彼かの女じょはカメラに向むくのか、いつもよく写うつる。
She must be photogenic; she always comes out looking great in pictures.
レントゲンに写うつるto show up on an X-ray
骨こっ折せつがレントゲンにはっきり写うつっていた。
The fracture showed up clearly on the X-ray.

Kanji

写copy, be photographed, describe

Transitive / intransitive

写うつすN4
写す is the transitive verb meaning 'to take a picture (of something)', while 写る is intransitive and describes the thing that ends up appearing in the picture.

Related words

撮とれる
撮れる focuses on whether a photo comes out well (the result of taking it), while 写る simply states that something appears in the photo at all.

Don't confuse with

映うつるN2
映る (same reading as 写る) is used for reflections and things appearing on a screen (mirror, TV, monitor), whereas 写る specifically refers to appearing in a photograph or on printed/copied media.
移うつるN4
写る (same pronunciation) means 'to be photographed/copied', while 移る means 'to move/change' — easily confused homophones with different kanji.

Word family

映うつり
projection; reflection; image; reception; picture quality · match; harmony
写うつり込こみ
ghost image; unwanted reflection or object in a photo
写しゃ真しん写うつり
photogenicity; how one looks in photos
透すけて写うつる
be seen through; show through; be visible through

Written forms

写うつるUsage72%
Standard kanji spelling for the intransitive verb meaning 'to be photographed' or 'to be projected'.
うつるUsage28%

Etymology

The verb うつる is native Japanese. The kanji 写 carries the meaning of 'copy' or 'photograph', distinguishing this intransitive use from homophonous verbs like 映る (reflect) and 移る (move/transfer).