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描写 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
描写
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Reading : びょうしゃ   
depiction; description; portrayal
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描写 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 15,000 (about 46,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2608
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 13 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
その
こうけい
光景
びょうしゃ
描写
できないほど
うつく
しかった

The beauty of the scene was beyond description.
きんだいぶんがく
近代文学
はし
ふうけい
風景
びょうしゃ
描写
における
いんゆてき
隠喩的
かいしゃく
解釈
かのうせい
可能性
title of book, album etc.
Bridges in Modern Literature: The Possibility of Interpreting Scenes Metaphorically
かれ
そこ
きた
こと
せいかく
正確
びょうしゃ
描写
した

He accurately described what happened there.
びょうしゃ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 181,000 (about 390,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 13 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ビョウ   か    えが to draw, depict, portray   
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ビョウ   なわ-    なえ seedling   
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grass   
デン   た rice field   
hand
シャ   photo   うつ to duplicate, to depict   うつ to be photographed   
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ヨ   あたえる to grant, give, bestow   
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reach
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
cover; covered   
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