Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to draw; to paint; to sketch
2. to picture in one's mind; to imagine
3. to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to draw a circle
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
to draw a diagram
Examples (32 in total)
Who drew it?
What are you drawing?
My little brother drew it.
I can't draw a bird.
Could you draw a map for me?
Tom drew a snowman.
This is what he painted.
I painted this picture.
I want to learn how to draw.
This is the picture that Mary painted.
This illustration was done by Tom.
I'm looking for a school where I can paint portraits.
These pictures were painted by him.
He drew a straight line with his pencil.
I'd like to hire you to paint a portrait of me.
What color do you use when you paint the sun?
Tom drew two squares on the blackboard.
The picture on the wall was painted by Picasso.
He is dreaming of becoming an astronaut.
He obtained a picture which Picasso had painted in his later years.
The writer does not always present life as it is.
The picture painted by him is of great value.
Have you ever seen the picture painted by Picasso?
This novel describes the life of the Japanese as it was a hundred years ago.
The differing volumes of carbon emissions are plotted in the graph below.
His painting wasn't particularly good, so no one praised him for it.
One day, Chris discovered the charming girl of his dreams.
This art collection is rich in paintings by Dutch masters.
This book gives a good picture of life in America during the Civil War.
Now, I would like you to imagine a map of Great Britain.
He painted the picture in oils.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.