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► 動詞
写す  [(2)うつす]  [写真を写す]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ 写真を写すには暗過ぎる ⇨ It is too dark to take a picture  (☛ 写真 is explicitly mentioned unless it is obvious)

写る  [(2)うつる]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ はこの写真には写っていない ⇨ He is not photographed, shown, in this picture  (☛ Unlike with 写す, 写真 doesn’t have to be explicitly mentioned)
☆ 彼女写真綺麗写っている ⇨ She is photographed beautifully in the picture  (☛ Unlike with 写す, 写真 doesn’t have to be explicitly mentioned)

撮る  [(1)とる]  [写真を撮る]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ 景色写真撮った ⇨ He took pictures of the scenery  (☛ 写真 is explicitly mentioned unless it is obvious)

撮影  [さつえい]  [撮影する]  [liter]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 2
☆ プロ写真家が撮影した写真 ⇨ Pictures taken by a professional photographer

接写  [せっしゃ]  [接写する]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 4
☆ 昆虫を接写した写真 ⇨ Close-up pictures of insects

► 名詞
写真  [しゃしん]  [写真に写る]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ は写真に写っていなかった ⇨ He was not in the picture

写真  [しゃしん]  [写真を撮る]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ 最近皆携帯カメラで写真を撮る ⇨ Today everybody takes pictures with a camera in a cell phone

写真  [しゃしん]  [写真家]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 1
☆ プロの写真家だ ⇨ He is a professional photographer

撮影  [さつえい]  [liter]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 2
☆ 水着モデルの撮影会 ⇨ A photo shoot meet with swimsuit models

遺影  [いえい]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 4
☆ が遺影を持っいた ⇨ His wife walked with his picture in her arm  (☛ A photo of deceased at a funeral or a home altar)

写り  [うつり]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 4
☆ 彼女写真写りがい ⇨ She is not photogenic

グラビア  [ぐらびあ]    meaning:  photograph  rank: 4
☆ 彼女はグラビアアイドルだ ⇨ She is a glamour, sexy, photo model  (☛ From “gravure”, a printing method used for artistic pictures. Today it usually refers to pictures of sexy models)