How to say "depiction" in Japanese

• 描写びょうしゃJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common word for depiction in the broad sense: describing or portraying a person, scene, or event in words or images. Choose it for most uses of 'depiction'.
  その美うつくしさを言葉ことばでは描写びょうしゃできない。↗

  Words cannot describe the beauty.
• 点出てんしゅつ
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA less common word: it covers depicting something by including it in a picture—delineation. When you just mean 'depiction' in general, this is seldom the word you want.

Use 描写 for depiction in the general sense of describing or portraying something in words or images; 点出, a less common word, is really about including something in a picture and is seldom the general choice.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 描写びょうしゃdepiction
• 点出てんしゅつdepiction
• イメージdepiction (e.g. of a product)
• 写し絵うつしえmirror image (e.g. of society)