写生 (しゃせい)sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal

sketching; drawing from nature; portrayalnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

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Kanji in 写生

写真しゃしんphotograph; photo
写真集しゃしんしゅうphoto book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
描写びょうしゃdepiction; description
青写真あおじゃしんblueprint; cyanotype
写るうつるto be photographed; to be projected
試写ししゃpreview; private showing
写しうつしcopy; duplicate
写すうつすto transcribe; to duplicate
学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence)
生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
先生せんせいteacher; instructor
厚生省こうせいしょうMinistry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
年生ねんせいpupil in ... year; student in ... year
新生しんせいrebirth; new birth

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