イメージimeeji
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbimage (in one's mind); impression; imagining; mental image; (forming a) mental pictureあの人はどうもイメージが悪い。↗He makes a bad impression.
- noun, computing(computer) image
- noundepiction (e.g. of a product); rendition; impression
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | イメージする |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | イメージします |
| Negative (nai) | イメージしない |
| polite (masen) | イメージしません |
| classical zu / nu | イメージせず・イメージせぬ |
| Past (ta) | イメージした |
| polite (mashita) | イメージしました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | イメージしなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | イメージしませんでした |
| Te form | イメージして |
| Potential | イメージできる |
| Passive | イメージされる |
| Causative | イメージさせる |
| Causative passive | イメージさせられる |
| Conditional (ba) | イメージすれば |
| tara | イメージしたら |
| Volitional | イメージしよう |
| polite (mashou) | イメージしましょう |
| Imperative | イメージしろ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym心象しんしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose and a psychology term for an image forming in the mind; 「イメージ」 is more colloquial and also covers brand image.
- Synonym印象いんしょうNeutralAn impression left on the mind, as in 「第一印象」; 「イメージ」 also covers what one pictures in the mind.
- Synonym想像そうぞうNeutralImagining or guessing about something; 「イメージ」 stresses the concrete picture held in the mind.
- Synonym映像えいぞうNeutralImages on a screen, video or film; 「イメージ」 stresses the picture in the mind.
- Synonym思い描くおもいえがくNeutralA verb for picturing something in the mind; 「イメージ」 is a noun, though it also works as 「イメージする」.
- Synonym心像しんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose and a psychology term for a mental image; 「イメージ」 is the more colloquial everyday word.
- Related幻まぼろしNeutralA phantom or illusion, also something extremely rare; 「イメージ」 is a picture in the mind.
- Related空想くうそうNeutralDaydreaming or fantasy far removed from reality; 「イメージ」 is simply a picture in the mind.
- Related幻影げんえいNeutralA phantom that seems to appear before one's eyes; 「イメージ」 is a picture in the mind.
- Related夢幻むげんWrittenWritten/formal prose for dreams and fantasy, the fleeting and dreamlike; 「イメージ」 is a picture in the mind.
- RelatedビジョンNeutralA loanword for a vision or conception of the future; 「イメージ」 stresses the picture in the mind.
- Antonym現実げんじつNeutralReality; the opposite of 「イメージ」 when contrasting what is imagined with what is real.
- Antonym実体じったいWrittenWritten/formal prose for substance or entity; the opposite of 「イメージ」 when contrasting appearance with substance.
Use 「イメージ」 for a picture in the mind and for brand image, as in 「イメージアップ」. For an impression left on the mind use 「印象」, for imagining use 「想像」, for a future vision 「ビジョン」, and for screen images 「映像」. The opposites are 「現実」 and 「実体」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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