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なぞる
1. [v5r,vt]
▶ to trace (drawing)
▶ to follow
2. [v5r,vt]
▶ to imitate
▶ to copy
▶ to reproduce

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2018-03-01 00:10:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2018-02-28 13:14:56  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj
  Comments:
Added sense.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to imitate</gloss>
+<gloss>to copy</gloss>
+<gloss>to reproduce</gloss>
+</sense>
3. A 2016-12-06 03:36:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: なぞる【擦る】
trace; follow.
-> 手本をなぞって(ペン)習字の練習をする trace model characters to practice one's penmanship.
KOD追加語彙: なぞる【擦る】
-> 彼の答弁は首相の所信表明演説をなぞったにすぎず, 具体性に欠けるものだった. His answers merely 「copied [repeated, parroted] the prime minister's general-policy speech and lacked specifics.
  Comments:
Clearly someone in Kenkyusha is convinced of that kanji form.
I think we can do without it.
2. A* 2016-12-03 19:04:12  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5: kanji
koj, daijs, daijr: no kanji
  Comments:
strange
1. A* 2016-12-03 12:15:08  Robin Scott
  Comments:
According to Daijr and Daijs, なぞる has no kanji.
  Diff:
@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>擦る</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -13 +9,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>

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