picture, drawing, painting, sketch

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()NounFreq #1630
1

picture; drawing; painting; sketch

Examples
あのを壁に掛けなさい。
Hang that picture on the wall.
2

image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

絵画いがNounFreq #6872
1

painting; picture

Examples
その絵画を見たらおもしろかった。
I found the picture interesting.
絵を描く絵を書くえをかくえをえがく (絵を描く)ExpressionGodan verbFreq #8561
1

to paint a picture; to draw a picture

Examples
彼は30歳になってから絵をかき始めた。
He didn't start to paint until he was thirty.
絵本NounFreq #8722
1

picture book

Examples
絵本は子供たちの頭を啓発する。
Picture books will cultivate the minds of children.
絵になるえになるExpressionFreq #14942
1

Idiomatic expression; Godan verb

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture

2

Idiomatic expression; Noun or verb acting prenominally

picture-perfect; picturesque

絵の具絵具のぐNounExpressionFreq #16781
1

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

Examples
赤い絵の具に青い絵の具を混ぜなさい。
Blend the red paint with the blue paint.
絵に描いたようえにかいたようえにえがいたようExpressionFreq #18028
1

the very picture of ...

Examples
理想を絵に描いたような男性だった。
He was a man who was the very picture of her ideals.
似顔絵がおえ似顔画NounFreq #22580
1

portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

挿絵挿し絵さし絵しえNounFreq #23537
1

illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

Examples
この本には美しい挿絵が入っている。
This book is beautifully illustrated.
地獄絵図じごくえずNounFreq #25572
1

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

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