Word Meaning 映し絵

うつしえ utsushie

映し絵 is read as うつしえ (utsushie) and means mirror image (e.g. of society).

Meaning

English

  1. mirror image (e.g. of society)
  2. (metaphorical) depiction
  3. sketch (depicting real people or nature)
  4. drawing sketched from real life
  5. magic-lantern picture
  6. child's copying pictures
  7. shadowgraph

Reading

Kana

うつしえ

Romaji

utsushie

Writing Variants

  • 写し絵 うつしえ utsushie

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 125417 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

映写機

えいしゃき

movie projector

映画化

えいがか

making (a book, etc.) into a film

映画英語教育学会

えいがえいごきょういくがっかい

Association for Teaching English through Movies

映配

えいはい

film distributing company

image (TV, film, etc.)

浮世絵

うきよえ

ukiyo-e

似顔絵

にがおえ

portrait

下絵

したえ

rough sketch

上方絵

かみがたえ

kamigata-e

地上絵

ちじょうえ

geoglyph (drawing on the ground)

判子絵

はんこえ

drawing every character in a similar way

上絵

うわえ

printed figures (on cloth or pottery)