写真（しゃしん）— photo; photograph
これ は 写真 でした。
This was a photo.
写真しゃしん
photo; photograph
しゃしん
accent [0]In detail
Words
これkorethis
はwa(topic marker)
写真shashinphoto
でしたdeshita(polite past sentence ending)
Kanji
写シャ・
真シン・
写真 means “photo.” Its kanji combine 写, associated with copying, and 真, associated with truth. Use that as a memory aid, not as a literal translation of the word.
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