Word Meaning 描写

びょうしゃ byousha

描写 is read as びょうしゃ (byousha) and means depiction.

Meaning

English

  1. depiction
  2. description
  3. portrayal

Reading

Kana

びょうしゃ

Romaji

byousha

Writing Variants

  • 描寫 びょうしゃ byousha

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 4228 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

描写力

びょうしゃりょく

power of description

一元描写

いちげんびょうしゃ

description from one perspective

内面描写

ないめんびょうしゃ

psychological depiction of a literary character

心理描写

しんりびょうしゃ

psychological description

実物描写

じつぶつびょうしゃ

model drawing

性格描写

せいかくびょうしゃ

character portrayal

自然描写

しぜんびょうしゃ

description of nature

描く

えがく

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

描き出す

えがきだす

to delineate

描出話法

びょうしゅつわほう

represented speech

模写

もしゃ

copy (of the real thing)

形態模写

けいたいもしゃ

mimicry

Example Sentences

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Recent comics have too many violent and sexual scenes.

He accurately described what happened there.

This author's books don't suit me because the erotic descriptions are too perverted.

Furry enthusiasts assert that popular media portrayals have told a very misleading story about their fandom.

Franz Liszt created the concept of the "symphonic poem". This is a composition for orchestra that uses music to describe nonmusical content. This could include, for example, people, legendary figures, landscapes, or paintings.