How to say "life-size" in Japanese

• ライフサイズ
  nounThe direct English borrowing, covering the plain physical sense: something, such as a statue or figure of a person, that is the same size as the real thing; a less common choice.
• 等身大とうしんだい
  no-adjectiveA Sino-Japanese term with the same literal sense, used of portraits and statues made the same size as their subject; also less common, it extends figuratively to a person depicted as they really are.

For the physical sense, 「ライフサイズ」 is the direct English borrowing and 等身大 the Sino-Japanese equivalent, which also serves figuratively for a person portrayed as they really are; both are less common choices.

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• ライフサイズlife-size
• 等身大とうしんだいlife-size