Meaning of 人物画 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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人物画
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Kana Readingじんぶつが
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Romajijinbutsuga
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- portrait painting
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Example Sentences
人物画, じんぶつが used in context
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I'm looking for a school where I can paint portraits.
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ミケランジェロがシスティナ礼拝堂の天井に人物画を描けるように、シェークスピアがセリフを書けるように、キーツが詩を書けるように、そうしたことのために無数の人々が生きて、苦しんで、死んだのはそれだけの価値があることのように思えたのだった。
So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.
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Kanji found in this word
brush-stroke, picture
On: ガ, カク, エ, カイ
Kun: えが.く, かく.する, かぎ.る, はかりごと, はか.る
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