How to say "abstraction" in Japanese

• 抽象ちゅうしょうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers abstraction as a general concept or quality — the opposite of the concrete. Typical in discussions of art, thought, or ideas, as in abstract theory or abstract painting.
• 抽出ちゅうしゅつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally means extraction — drawing something out of a whole, as in extracting data or a component. Its gloss 'abstraction' reflects this pulling-out sense, so it is seldom the word for abstraction as a concept.
  樹皮じゅひからエキスを抽出ちゅうしゅつする。↗

  Extract an essence from the bark of a tree.
• 抽象化ちゅうしょうかCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers abstraction as an act or process — abstracting something, making it abstract. Common in technical and academic contexts, such as abstracting details away in design or modeling.

Use 抽象 for abstraction as a general concept, 抽象化 for the act or process of abstracting, and 抽出 for extraction, where 'abstraction' means drawing something out.

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• 抽象ちゅうしょうabstraction
• 抽出ちゅうしゅつextraction
• 抽象化ちゅうしょうかabstraction
• 捨象しゃしょうabstraction
• アブストラクションabstraction
• 抽象性ちゅうしょうせいabstractness
• 抽象概念ちゅうしょうがいねんabstract concept
• 喪神そうしんabsent-mindedness