意匠|いしょうishou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundesign
2. nounidea; conception; plan

• SynonymデザインNeutralThe everyday loanword for design and by far the most common choice; 「意匠」 is more written in tone and in law denotes an article’s visual design, as in 「意匠登録」.
• Synonym構想こうそうWrittenA written-style word for an overall conception or plan of something to come; 「意匠」 instead centers on clever ideas for how a thing looks.
• Synonym設計せっけいNeutralDesign in the engineering or architectural sense — planning how something is built; 「意匠」 is about the aesthetic appeal of the outward appearance.
• Synonym模様もようNeutralA pattern or figure on a surface, and by extension a state of affairs; 「意匠」 refers to the design conception behind an object's appearance.
• Synonym絵柄えがらNeutralThe pattern or composition of a picture or printed design; 「意匠」 covers the overall design of an object's appearance.
• Synonym考案こうあんWrittenA written-style word for thinking up something new — a device, scheme or design; 「意匠」 stresses the aesthetic creativity of appearance.
• SynonymパターンNeutralA loanword for a pattern or a fixed, regular mode of behavior; 「意匠」 refers to the design of an object's appearance.
• Related立案りつあんWrittenA written-style word for drawing up or drafting a plan or proposal; 「意匠」 is about designing appearance, not drafting documents.
• Related装飾そうしょくNeutralDecorating or ornamenting something, or the ornament itself; 「意匠」 is the design conception itself, not the act of decorating.

For design in general, say 「デザイン」; for engineering or architectural design, 「設計」. Patterns on a surface are 「模様」 or 「絵柄」. 「意匠」 is a more written word for the design of an object’s appearance; as a legal term it means an article's shape, pattern or color that appeals to the eye, as in 「意匠権」.

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

1. 物品ぶっぴんのより美うつくしい外観がいかん、使つかってより使い心地つかいごこちのよい外観がいかんを探求たんきゅうするもの。
2. （法律ほうりつ）意匠いしょう法ほうにおける定義ていぎ:物品ぶっぴんの形状けいじょう、模様もよう若しくはもしくわ色彩しきさい又またはこれらの結合けつごうであつて、視覚しかくを通つうじて美感びかんを起おこさせるもの。