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絵
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Word usually written using kana alone; Children's language
drawing; painting
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Colloquial
doodling; sketching
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Idiomatic expression
pie in the sky; castles in the air; drawing of a rice cake
Examples
絵に書いた餅は食べられない。
Never confuse art with life.
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Abbreviation
storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes
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oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
Examples
彼はその絵を油絵具で描いた。
He painted the picture in oils.
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Art, aesthetics
watercolors; watercolours; watercolor paint; watercolour paint
Examples
彼は水彩絵具を短くほぼ直角の筆使いで用いた。
He used water colors in short vertical brush-strokes.
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After the British weekly magazine 'Punch'
(satirical) cartoon; caricature; humorous illustration
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picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures
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Historical term
picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
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candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
