How to say "graphic" in Japanese

• グラフィックCommon
  noun, na-adjectiveThe loanword for graphics in the visual sense — images, artwork, and design. It does not convey the adjective 'graphic' meaning vivid or explicit; for a graphic description, 生々しい is the word.
  しかし、ほとんどの研究けんきゅうはエメットの理論りろんがコンピューター・グラフィックに与あたえた影響えいきょうについては焦点しょうてんを当あてていない。↗

  Most studies, however, have not focused on the influence Emmet's theory had on computer graphics.
• 図形ずけいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounA noun for figures and shapes: geometric forms, diagrams, drawn shapes. It matches 'graphic' only as a visual figure, never the adjective meaning vivid or explicit.
• 生々しいなまなましいCommon
  i-adjectiveThe adjective 'graphic' meaning vivid, raw, and explicit — a graphic description or account whose details feel almost witnessed firsthand. Fits descriptions and memories of accidents, violence, and the like.
  その出来事できごとは今いまでも私の記憶きおくに生々なまなましく残のこっている。↗

  The event still remains vivid in my memory.
• 躍如やくじょCommon
  taru-adjective, adverb (with と)Says a depicted figure or scene seems to leap vividly to life, as when a character in a story comes alive on the page. Narrow, and seldom the general word for 'graphic'.

Use 「グラフィック」 for visual graphics and design, 図形 for figures and shapes, and for the adjective 'graphic' meaning vivid, 「生々しい」 for raw explicit detail and 躍如 for depictions that leap to life.

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• グラフィックgraphics
• 図形ずけいfigure
• 生々しいなまなましいvivid (memory, description, etc.)
• 躍如やくじょvivid
• 写実的しゃじつてきrealistic
• 絵画的かいがてきpictorial