画像|がぞうgazou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounimage; picture; portrait
   テレビの画像がぞうはぼやけて見みえた。↗

   The TV picture was blurred.

• Synonym映像えいぞうNeutralMainly moving images — video, TV footage, film — and also images that surface in the mind; 「画像」 is for still images on a screen.
• Synonym絵えNeutralHand-drawn pictures and paintings; the most common everyday word. 「画像」 usually means images displayed or saved on electronic devices.
• Synonym肖像しょうぞうWrittenSpecifically an image of a person's face or figure, as in 「肖像権」; formal and written. 「画像」 is not limited to people.
• Synonym像ぞうWrittenCovers figures, forms, statues and portraits; often a suffix, as in 「人物像」. A written-style word; 「画像」 points to the picture itself.
• SynonymポートレートNeutralLoanword for portrait photos or paintings, mainly a photography term; can also mean a written portrait of a person. 「画像」 is not limited to people.
• SynonymピクチャーNeutralLoanword for pictures or images, mostly in names or technical terms; rare in daily speech — say 「画像」 or 「写真」.
• Synonym肖像画しょうぞうがWrittenSpecifically a painted portrait, stressing the artwork form; photos are not included. Written in style; 「画像」 mostly means digital images.
• Synonym姿絵すがたえWrittenA picture of a person's face or full figure, with a traditional flavor; rarely used today — say 「肖像画」 instead.
• Synonym絵姿えすがたWrittenA picture of a person's appearance or bearing, old-fashioned and rare today; everyday speech uses 「肖像画」 or 「人物画」.
• Synonym絵像えぞうWrittenA general term for painted portraits, written in flavor and rarely used now; 「画像」 today means images on a screen.
• Related似顔にがおNeutralA person's likeness in a drawing or photo, stressing resemblance; common in 「似顔絵」. 「画像」 is not limited to faces.
• Related図ずNeutralDiagrams and schematic drawings that abstract shape or structure to explain something; 「画像」 covers photos, drawings and pictures of all kinds.

Use 「画像」 for still images on computers or phones. Moving video is 「映像」, hand-drawn pictures are 「絵」, and portraits of people are 「肖像」 or 「ポートレート」. For a likeness that really resembles the person, say 「似顔」; for diagrams, 「図」. 「像」 works as a suffix like 「人物像」. The rest — 「肖像画」, 「姿絵」, 「絵姿」, 「絵像」, 「ピクチャー」 — are formal, old-fashioned or rare in daily use.

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