絵
絵
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
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Common Words
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picture; drawing; painting; sketch
Examples
あの絵を壁に掛けなさい。
Hang that picture on the wall.
2
image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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