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How do you say "draw" in Japanese?
As in drawing pictures, making art.
Jun 24, 2015 1:44 AM
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【Verbs】
draw (pictures) 描く・画く えがく egaku (かく kaku is also OK)
write (words) 書く かく kaku
【Nouns】
drawing 素描 そびょう sobyou
ドローイング dorooingu (a loan word from English)
デッサン dessan (a loan word from French)
oil painting 油絵 あぶらえ aburae
油画 ゆが yuga
watercolor painting 水彩画 すいさいが suisaiga
illustration イラスト irasuto
creating 制作 せいさく seisaku
drawing pictures 絵を描くこと e wo kaku koto
June 24, 2015
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書く(かく)doesn't really mean draw or paint..Really the only meaning you can associate it with is "to write". 描く(えがく)is better when you want to say "to paint", "to draw", or "to sketch".
June 24, 2015
We say:
絵を描く and it's read in two ways, えをかく and えをえがく but I would use the first one with 絵を. 描く is more used in the sentence like この絵は (someone)によってえがかれたももです (= This picture is drawn by (someone).) I think in Japanese, we don't distinguish "to draw" and "to paint" very much though I'm not very sure.
I hope this was helpful.
June 24, 2015
It's 書く 「かく」
June 24, 2015
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