デッサン

デッサン · dessan · JLPT N1 · noun

sketch

デッサン — sketch

✏️ デッサン = sounds like 'design' minus the i: a quick rough sketch, the first draft of a drawing

From French 'dessin' (drawing). Think of it as the rough first sketch an artist makes before the finished piece, so it means a loose drawing rather than a polished one.

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