To Be In A Photograph
To Appear In A Photograph
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means copy, but what is a copy? It's basically a photograph, which is why this word means to be in a photograph.
In other words, this is the word you use when you point at a photo and say, "hey, I'm in this!" You know it means "to be in a photograph" because every time you appear in a photo, you're doing something rude (る), like sticking your tongue out or giving someone the finger.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned that reading with the 写す vocab, but here's a refresher just in case:
You're going to be in a photograph in the newspaper. Why? Because you caused a scene by rudely beatboxing out in public: うつうつうつ. You're probably going to appear in people's photos all over social media too. Too bad those photos won't be able to convey the phat beats you were うつうつうつing into everyone's eardrums.
カメラに写る
to appear in the camera
レントゲンに写る
to appear in an X-ray
きれいに写る
to come out beautifully in a photo
ものが写る
to have something appear in a photograph, to have something reflected
かおが写る
to have a face appear in a photograph, to have a face reflected
人が写る
to have a person appear in a photograph, to have a person reflected
父はビデオに写るのがきらいです。
My father doesn't like to be in videos.
白い花は、ウェディングフォトに写っていない。
White flowers are not in the wedding photo.
このカメラでは、木や山がよく写る。
You can take good pictures of trees and mountains with this camera.