構図|こうずkouzu[0]heiban (flat)
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- nouncomposition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
- SynonymコンポジションNeutralLoanword used mainly in specialist art, photography and music contexts; for the composition of a picture in everyday speech, 「構図」 is the usual word.
- Related構成こうせいNeutralRefers broadly to elements combined into a whole, as in the structure of a text or the makeup of a household; 「構図」 covers picture layout or an overall pattern.
Use 「構図」 for the composition of paintings and photos and for the overall pattern of a situation, as in 「対立の構図」; use 「構成」 for how texts or organizations are put together; 「コンポジション」 is a technical term.
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