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描写 (びょうしゃ): depiction, description, portrayal — Japanese vocabulary

描写 is read びょうしゃ and means "depiction, description, portrayal". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

描写

Reading
びょうしゃ · byousha
Translation
depiction, description, portrayal
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
びょうしゃが

Example

最近の漫画は暴力や性の描写が多すぎる。

さいきんのまんがはぼうりょくやせいのびょうしゃがおおすぎる。

Recent comics have too many violent and sexual scenes.

Kanji in this word

  • 描 — draw, describe
  • 写 — Copy, Be Photographed, Describe

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