Illustration: On a bench beside a Japanese riverside path, a student rapidly draws a resting neighborhood cat in a small sketchbook. The open page shows a few loose pencil contours capturing the cat's arched back, folded paws, and ears, with most details still unfinished.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

スケッチ

suketchi

to sketch

Example sentences

次郎じろうは富士山ふじさんをスケッチした。
Jiro made a sketch of Mt. Fuji.
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彼かれはその機械きかいの輪郭りんかくをスケッチします。
He sketches the outline of the machine.
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私わたしは画帳がちょうと鉛筆えんぴつを持もって車くるまで海辺うみべにスケッチしに行いくのが好すきです。
I like to take my pad and pencil and drive to the seashore to sketch.
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