| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 失礼だが あー"描写"って？ | I'm sorry. Uh, tableaus? |
| 犯人は３つの"描写"を 再現している -- 秤の中の腸 | So far our killer has given us three tableaus-- the intestines in the scale, the snakes victim, and the four horsemen. |
| 犯人は３つの"描写"を 再現している | So far our killer has given us three tableaus. |
| 世界はそれ自身が 景色、音、匂い、記憶の不協和音で 描写される。 | The world presents itself as a cacophony of sights, sounds, smells, recollections. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | وصف | Catalan | descriure |
| Danish | beskrive | Dutch | beschrijven,omschrijven |
| English | describe | Esperanto | priskribi |
| Estonian | joonistama | Finnish | kuvailla, luonnehtia |
| French | décrire | German | beschreiben |
| Hebrew | תיאר | Hungarian | ecsetel, körülír |
| Indonesian | menggambarkan, paparkan, uraikan | Italian | descrivere, descriversi |
| Latvian | aprakstīt, raksturot | Lithuanian | apibūdinti, aprašyti, nusakyti |
| Macedonian | опише, опишува | Maltese | iddeskriva |
| Norwegian | beskrive | Persian | توصیف کردن |
| Polish | opisać | Portuguese | descrever |
| Romanian | descrie | Russian | описать, описывать, охарактеризовать |
| Spanish | calificar, describir | Swedish | beskrifva, beskriva |
| Vietnamese | miêu tả, mô tả, vạch ra |
