Meaning of 生き写し in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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生き写し
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Kana Readingいきうつし
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Romajiikiutsushi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- lifelike; exact resemblance
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Example Sentences
生き写し, いきうつし used in context
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He is the very image of his father.
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He is the picture of his grandfather.
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Your son is almost the copy of your father.
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You look the way your father did thirty years ago.
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これは生き写しだ。
This is true to life.
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This is the spitting image of the real thing, perfectly true to life.
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life, genuine, birth
On: セイ, ショウ
Kun: 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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