Illustration: In a neighborhood barber shop, a barber holds a hand mirror behind a seated customer’s head and angles it toward the large mirror in front. The customer can now see the freshly trimmed back of their hair inside the reflected hand mirror.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

映うつす

utsusu

to reflect, to project

Example sentences

庭にわは庭師にわしを映うつす鏡かがみだ。
A garden is the reflection of the gardener.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
一本いっぽんの高たかい木きが水面すいめんに長ながい影かげを映うつしている。
A tall tree projects its long shadow on the water.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
山やまが湖みずうみに影かげを映うつしている。
The mountains are reflected in the lake.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 映

映reflect; projectOnエイKunうつる・うつす・はえる

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