写真|しゃしんshashin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounphotograph; photo; picture; photography
   あなたに何枚なんまいかの写真しゃしんを見みせましょう。↗

   I will show you some pictures.
2. nounmoving picture; movie

• SynonymフォトNeutralLoanword used mostly in compounds like 「フォトスタジオ」 and 「フォトブック」; it rarely stands alone, so say 「写真」 for a photo in everyday speech.
• SynonymピクチャーNeutralLoanword for a picture or image, mostly in compounds like 「ピクチャーブック」; 「写真」 stays the default for photos.
• SynonymフォトグラフWrittenA formal loanword that is hardly ever used on its own; in everyday speech 「写真」 is the natural choice.
• Related映画えいがNeutralMeans a movie or film. 「写真」 could once refer to movies as well, but in modern Japanese it normally means a photograph.
• Related映像えいぞうNeutralImages on a screen, moving or still, as in 「映像作品」; 「写真」 is specifically a photo taken with a camera.
• Related作画さくがNeutralThe act of drawing or painting; in animation it broadly covers drawing work such as key frames and in-betweens — not the photograph itself.
• Related活動写真かつどうしゃしんWrittenOld name for 「映画」, now seen mainly in historical accounts or nostalgic contexts; it refers to film, not photographs.
• Related電影でんえいWrittenWritten word of Chinese origin whose basic Japanese sense is lightning; its use for movies is extremely rare.
• Related影像えいぞうWrittenWritten word for images of deities or figures shown in paintings and sculpture; very rare and not used in daily life.
• Related写し絵うつしえWrittenCovers life sketches, magic-lantern pictures and shadow pictures, and can figuratively mean a reflection; unlike photos, and rare today.

For photographs, 「写真」 is the default. Use 「映像」 for images on a screen, moving or still, and 「映画」 for movies; 「フォト」 and 「ピクチャー」 turn up mostly in compounds. The others — 「フォトグラフ」, 「活動写真」, 「電影」, 「影像」, 「写し絵」 — are formal, dated or rare, so learners will seldom need them.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. ある物ものをカメラで撮とって作り出つくりだされる画像がぞう。フォトグラフ。