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Idiomatic expression

pie in the sky; castles in the air; drawing of a rice cake

Card games

face card; court card

Card games

picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)

illustrated story

picturesque

pictorial; graphic

Abbreviation

storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes

ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china

decorative plate

palette; pallet

illustrated; pictorial

Abbreviation; Noun or verb acting prenominally

figured; patterned

Abbreviation

figured haori (coat)

exhibition of pictures; painting exhibition; art exhibition

signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

explanation of a picture

explanation by means of pictures

explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery); clearing up; solving

indescribable (e.g. beauty)

to color; to colour; to paint

to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)

pictorial map

portrait

picturesque design

letter made from a picture one has drawn

art or picture gallery

decorative carving

design; plan; sketch

Art, aesthetics

sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting)

pixel

picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures

Historical term

picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase

biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures