線描|せんびょうsenbyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounline drawing

• Related絵えNeutralThe everyday, neutral word for a picture; covers all kinds of images, not just ones drawn with lines alone.
• Related描写びょうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose; portrays scenes through words, pictures or music, naming the act of depiction rather than a type of drawing.
• Antonym塗りつぶしぬりつぶしNeutralFilling an area solid with color; a neutral term common in graphics software, and the opposite of 「線描」, which only outlines with lines.
• Antonym面描WrittenWritten prose but rare; renders form with blocks of light and shade rather than lines, the counterpart of 「線描」 with its lines alone.

Use 「線描」 for the technique or works that draw shapes with lines alone; it is written/formal prose and mostly an art term, as in 「線描画」. For pictures in general say 「絵」; for portrayal through words use 「描写」.

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1. 線せんだけを使つかって物ものの形かたちを表あらわした絵え。