Meanings
Noun
1. picture; drawing; painting; sketch
2. image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
Kanji used
picture
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (152 in total)
picture book
to paint (draw) a picture
to paint (draw) a picture
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
impression given by a painting or image
pattern; design
oil painting
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
paintbrush
fabrication; pipe dream
illustration; drawing
votive picture (originally of horse)
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
picture postcard
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
picture scroll
rough sketch; design; cartoon
illustrated diary; picture diary
to paint (draw) a picture
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
picture postcard
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes
face card; court card; picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)
sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life; magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
to paint (draw) a picture
drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)
illustrated story
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
watercolor painting; watercolour painting; mizu-e; early type of ukiyo-e with faintly printed outlines
Otsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu
picture painted on glass; stained glass
trompe l'oeil
ink painting
picture for coloring in (colouring)
geoglyph (drawing on the ground)
picture postcard
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
illustrated; pictorial
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
illustration (e.g. book); picture
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
pictorial map
trompe l'oeil
frontispiece
pixel art; pixel graphics
picture postcard
images drawn or painted on fusuma
sand picture
drawing; picture
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
picturesque design
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
picture for coloring in (colouring)
distemper painting; painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
a lacquer painting
painting; colored artwork; coloured artwork; overglaze enamels (on pottery)
picture drawn on a folding screen
(satirical) cartoon; caricature; humorous illustration
letter made from a picture one has drawn
erotic picture
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
decorative carving; design; plan; sketch
sugoroku (with pictures)
picture puzzle
biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
decorated umbrella; figured paper parasol
impression given by a painting or image
artwork on wood, canvas, metal sheet, etc.
watercolors; watercolours; watercolor paint; watercolour paint
indescribable (e.g. beauty)
candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
(artistic) transparency
printed figures (on cloth or pottery)
uchiwa-e; woodblock print to be displayed on an uchiwa fan
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
suggestive, erotic, or indecent ukiyo-e woodblock print
picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)
omocha-e; woodblock-printed picture intended as a toy for children
to paint (draw) a picture
explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)
still image (in animation)
chigiri-e; collage of pieces of colored paper
fan painted with a picture
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
fabrication; pipe dream
raised cloth picture
comic picture; funny illustration; shunga; pornographic picture
Nagasaki-e; print produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period
pyrograph
uchiwa fan with a picture painted on it; picture uchiwa
pictures painted on tiles; mural on tiled wall (esp. in public baths)
rock paintings; rock art
genji-e; ukiyo-e depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji
woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
picture on silk
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
picture for coloring in (colouring)
etori (classic Japanese card game)
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
toy coin (Edo period)
toy coin (Edo period)
painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it
paint chat; Internet chat room where users can draw pictures
omocha-e; woodblock-printed picture intended as a toy for children
tsukuri-e; painting technique with initial lines painted over by opaque color and redrawn later
tsukuri-e; painting technique with initial lines painted over by opaque color and redrawn later
woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)
mitsuda-e; litharge painting; oil painting with litharge as a desiccant; painting with a glue and pigment mixture, coated with litharge oil for luster
kamigata-e; ukiyo-e prints from the Kamigata area (modern day Osaka, Kyoto)
illustrated kabuki script
drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome
bird's-eye view
picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)
picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)
zoetrope (animation device)
illustrated rankings
ukiyo-e print depicting somebody in their final moments
cutout; cutout picture; collage
cutout; cutout picture; collage
zoetrope (animation device)
picture formed from letters; painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)
picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)
pictograph
illustration drawn in response to a request (e.g. on social media)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
Examples (109 in total)
This is a picture.
Look at the picture.
What a beautiful picture!