フレームfureemu

Common
Definitions
  1. nounframe
    私は新あたらしい眼鏡めがねのフレームを買かわねばならない。↗
    I need to buy new spectacle frames.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym枠組みわくぐみNeutralA framework or the broad structure of a plan or system, as in 「法の枠組み」. 「フレーム」 can be abstract too, but for systems and policies 「枠組み」 is the usual choice.
  • Related骨格こっかくNeutralRefers to an animal's skeleton or the basic framework of something, as in 「計画の骨格」. It does not cover picture or glasses frames — those are 「フレーム」.
  • Related骨組みほねぐみNeutralThe skeleton or frame of a building or object, or the outline of a plan; common in everyday speech. 「フレーム」 also covers bike frames, plus picture and glasses frames.
  • RelatedフレームワークNeutralUsed mostly in IT and business for thinking frameworks, software frameworks or organizational structures. Everyday frames like picture or glasses frames are 「フレーム」.
  • Related1コマひとコマNeutralClose to 「フレーム」 for one frame of film or video and one comic panel; it can also mean a single scene.
  • RelatedこまNeutralA film frame, comic panel or a class time block; usually written in kana as コマ. It overlaps with 「フレーム」 only in the frame/panel sense.
  • Related躯体くたいWrittenWritten/formal construction term for the load-bearing main structure of a building; also means the human body. 「フレーム」 covers all kinds of frames, not just buildings.

Use 「フレーム」 for physical frames — glasses, picture frames, bike frames — and for thinking frameworks. For legal or policy frameworks prefer 「枠組み」, for skeletons 「骨組み」, and for a single film frame or comic panel 「コマ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 温床おんしょう、苗床なえどこ用ようの木きの枠わく。
  2. 枠わく、額縁がくぶち。
  3. ラケットの枠わく。
  4. 骨組ほねぐみ、台枠だいわく。
  5. 自動車じどうしゃ等とうの車くるま架か。
  6. 映画えいが・カメラ・テレビの画面がめん。
  7. 回かい。
  8. 肋骨ろっこつ、肋材ろくざい。
  9. めがねの枠わく。
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