Japanese

かく
Meaning: to draw; to paint; to sketch
Part of Speech: Verb Alternative Readings: えがく

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 描く 描かない
Polite 描きます 描きません
Past 描いた 描かなかった
Polite + Past 描きました 描きませんでした
Te-form 描いて 描かなくて
Potential 描ける 描けない
Passive 描かれる 描かれない
Causative 描かせる 描かせない
Causative + Passive 描かされる 描かされない
Imperative 描け 描くな

Example sentences

地面に枝で円を描いた。
I drew a circle on the ground with a branch.
子供が将来の夢を絵に描きました。
The child drew a picture of their future dream.
図形の境界線を太く描いてください。
Please draw the boundary lines of the figure thickly.
何かに憑かれたように、彼は一心不乱に絵を描き続けた。
As if possessed by something, he continued to paint with total concentration.
彼は新しい絵の具で絵を描いた。
He painted a picture with new paints.

Usage Notes

Used for drawing figures, lines, or pictures. When reading as 'えがく', it often carries a more abstract sense of 'depicting' or 'imagining'.

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