Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 生き写し(いきうつし) in Japanese

生き写し
Kana Reading
いきうつし
Romaji
ikiutsushi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    lifelike; exact resemblance
    Example sentence
    父親生き写し He is the very image of his father.

Examples of 生き写し, いきうつし in a sentence

  • 父親生き写し

    He is the very image of his father.

  • 祖父生き写し

    He is the picture of his grandfather.

  • 息子さんはあなたのお父さん生き写しですね。

    Your son is almost the copy of your father.

  • は30お父さん生き写し

    You look the way your father did thirty years ago.

  • これは生き写し

    This is true to life.

  • これは実物そっくり生き写し

    This is the spitting image of the real thing, perfectly true to life.



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

5 strokes

copy, be photographed, describe

On'Yomi: シャ, ジャ

Kun'Yomi: うつ.す, うつ.る, うつ-, うつ.し

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JLPT 5

5 strokes

life, genuine, birth

On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ

Kun'Yomi: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う

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