を映す

reflect; show; depict

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reflect; show; depict Used when something reflects an image or reveals/depicts something. The particle を marks what is reflected or shown. It can describe mirrors, water, cameras, or things that reveal a person’s character or a culture’s qualities.

JA: 湖は満月を映す。

EN: The lake reflects the full moon.

庭は庭師を映す鏡だ。

A garden is a reflection of its gardener.

言葉の変は文化の変を映す。

Changes in language reflect changes in culture.

あの紙切れは…それは隣を映すためのビデオカメラだ

That scrap of paper... That’s a video camera for filming the place next door.

— アメリ (2001)

もうこんなのを映すな！

Stop showing things like this!

— ラスト、コーション (2007)