生いき写うつし

noun

lifelike; exact resemblance; spitting image

Used to describe a person or thing that looks exactly like another, often in the phrase 生き写しのようだ.

• 彼かれは父ちち親おやの生いき写うつしだ。

  He is the spitting image of his father.

• その肖しょう像ぞう画がは本ほん人にんの生いき写うつしのように描えがかれている。

  The portrait is painted so lifelike that it looks exactly like the person.