技法|ぎほうgihou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nountechnique
    彼かれは絵画かいがの技法ぎほうを完成かんせいさせた。↗
    He brought the art of painting to perfection.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymテクニックNeutralLoanword for technique or skill, common in everyday speech. 「技法」 is narrower: the technical methods of fields like art and literature.
  • Synonym手法しゅほうWrittenWritten/formal: a way of doing or expressing things, broader in scope. 「技法」 stays at the concrete, technical level.
  • Synonym技術ぎじゅつNeutralBroad in range, covering both personal skill and engineering technology. 「技法」 usually means a concrete technical method in art or literature.
  • Related技わざNeutralAn art, skill or move, as in a judo throw. 「技法」 points to technical methods used in creating or making things.

For technical methods in art or literature use 「技法」, as in 「油絵の技法」. General skill is 「テクニック」, moves are 「技」, ways of expression 「手法」, and technology or skill broadly 「技術」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 美術びじゅつや芸術げいじゅつ、文学ぶんがくなどで技術ぎじゅつ上じょうの方法ほうほうや手法しゅほう。
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