How to say "representation" in Japanese

• 代表だいひょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers representation in the sense of standing for or acting on behalf of a group, as in elected representation; it also means a representative or a delegation.
  級友きゅうゆうを代表だいひょうしてお礼れいの言葉ことばを述のべさしていただきます。↗

  On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.
• 表現ひょうげんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers representation as expression or depiction, such as how something is portrayed in art, language, or media; for most learners this is the everyday word for that sense.
  「潮時しおどきというものがある」という表現ひょうげんは実じつはシェイクスピアの「ジュリアス・シーザー」にある表現ひょうげんである。↗

  "There is a tide" is, in fact, from a passage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
• 代理だいりJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveCovers representation in the sense of acting as someone's agent or proxy, including legal or commercial representation; it also means agency.
  明日あす私は忙いそがしいです。だから、私の代理だいりをする人ひとを手配てはいしました。↗

  I'm engaged tomorrow, so I've arranged for someone else to take my place.
• 表明ひょうめいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers representation mainly in the sense of an expressed declaration or formal indication of a position; as a rendering of 'representation' it is marginal, and it really means declaration.
  あなたがこの町まちにしてくれた事ことに対たいして心こころからの感謝かんしゃを表明ひょうめいします。↗

  I express my cordial thanks for what you have done for this city.
• 表象ひょうしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers representation in the abstract, philosophical or psychological sense of a mental image or idea standing for something; it is a technical term rather than an everyday word.
  私わたしたち人間にんげんの頭あたまは経験けいけんを表象ひょうしょうに変かえる。↗

  Our minds transform experiences into symbols.

Choose by sense: 表現 for artistic or expressive representation, 代理 for acting on someone's behalf, 代表 for standing for a group, 表明 for a declared statement, and 表象 for abstract or mental representation.

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• 代表だいひょうrepresentation
• 表現ひょうげんexpression
• 代理だいりrepresentation
• 表明ひょうめいdeclaration
• リプレゼンテーションrepresentation
• 写像しゃぞうmapping
• 表記法ひょうきほうnotation
• 象徴しょうちょうsymbol (of something abstract)
• 代表権だいひょうけん(right of) representation
• 代表性だいひょうせいrepresentativeness
• 表示ひょうじrepresentation
• 表象ひょうしょう(mental) image
• 表章ひょうしょうexpressing