How to say "profile" in Japanese

• 側面そくめんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounChiefly 'side' or 'flank': the side of a building or object, or figuratively one aspect of a matter. Its 'profile' sense is a side view or outline of an object, not a person's face.
  鳥類ちょうるいの発声はっせいにおいて真しんに驚異的きょういてきな点てんは、鳴管めいかんの２つの側面そくめんが独立どくりつして動うごくことができるということである。↗

  The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
• プロフィールCommon
  nounThe loanword for a profile in the biographical sense: a short sketch of a person, as on a social-media account or in a magazine. It does not refer to a face seen from the side.
  その新聞しんぶんは新あたらしい主筆しゅひつのプロフィールを載のせた。↗

  The paper published a profile of its new editor.
• 横顔よこがおCommon
  nounA face seen from the side: the profile of a person in a portrait, photograph, or sketch. Literally 'side face', it is the word for someone's profile as a visual image.
  その肖像画しょうぞうがは美人びじんの横顔よこがおを描えがいている。↗

  The portrait shows the profile of a beautiful woman.
• 断面だんめんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA section or cross section, as in engineering, geometry, or medicine; its 'profile' sense is a sectional outline or contour, not a person's biographical profile.

Use 「プロフィール」 for a person's biographical summary, 横顔 for a face seen from the side, 側面 for the side or side view of an object, and 断面 for a cross section or sectional outline.

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• 側面そくめんside
• プロフィールprofile
• 横顔よこがおprofile
• 断面だんめんsection
• プロファイルprofile
• プロフprofile
• 人物評価じんぶつひょうかcharacter evaluation
• 注目度ちゅうもくどdegree of attention