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Words with 絵

Kanji 絵, meaning picture, appears in 183 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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絵はがき

えはがき

picture postcard

絵画

かいが

painting

絵本

えほん

picture book

絵の具

えのぐ

paint

油絵

あぶらえ

oil painting

絵馬

えま

votive tablet

影絵

かげえ

shadow picture

絵を描く

えをかく

to paint (draw) a picture

絵巻物

えまきもの

picture scroll

墨絵

すみえ

ink painting

絵解き

えとき

explanation by means of pictures

image (TV, film, etc.)

似顔絵

にがおえ

portrait

浮世絵

うきよえ

ukiyo-e

挿絵

さしえ

illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

ともえ

tomoe

踏み絵

ふみえ

allegiance test

絵巻

えまき

picture scroll

絵柄

えがら

pattern

絵筆

えふで

paintbrush

絵図

えず

illustration

下絵

したえ

rough sketch

絵師

えし

painter

蒔絵

まきえ

gold or silver lacquer

錦絵

にしきえ

nishiki-e

絵入り

えいり

illustrated

絵空事

えそらごと

fabrication

油絵の具

あぶらえのぐ

oil paints

絵文字

えもじ

ASCII art

ガラス絵

ガラスえ

picture painted on glass

タイル絵

タイルえ

mural on tiled wall (esp. in public baths)

ちぎり絵

ちぎりえ

chigiri-e

ドット絵

ドットえ

pixel art

ペンキ絵

ペンキえ

picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)

ポンチ絵

ポンチえ

(satirical) cartoon

リク絵

リクえ

illustration drawn in response to a request (e.g. on social media)

押し絵

おしえ

raised cloth picture

襖絵

ふすまえ

images drawn or painted on fusuma

下絵の具

したえのぐ

underglaze color

回転のぞき絵

かいてんのぞきえ

zoetrope (animation device)

絵かき

えかき

painter

絵グラフ

えグラフ

pictograph

絵コンテ

えコンテ

storyboard (film, television)

絵チャ

えチャ

paint chat

絵になる

えになる

picture-perfect

絵にも描けない

えにもかけない

indescribable (e.g. beauty)

絵ろうそく

えろうそく

candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)

絵羽

えば

figured haori (coat)

絵羽羽織

えばばおり

figured haori (coat)

絵羽織

えばおり

figured haori (coat)

絵羽模様

えばもよう

single pattern on the entirety of a garment

絵画館

かいがかん

art or picture gallery

絵画的

かいがてき

picturesque

絵画展

かいがてん

exhibition of pictures

絵看板

えかんばん

signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

絵記号

えきごう

pictogram

絵絹

えぎぬ

sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting)

絵合わせ

えあわせ

picture-matching (with card games, etc.)

絵札

えふだ

picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)

絵皿

えざら

decorative plate

絵姿

えすがた

portrait

絵取り

えとり

etori (game)

絵取る

えどる

to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)

絵手紙

えてがみ

letter made from a picture one has drawn

絵心

えごころ

desire to paint

絵図面

えずめん

a plan

絵扇

えおうぎ

fan painted with a picture

絵銭

えぜに

toy coin (Edo period)

絵素

えそ

pixel

絵組

えぐみ

pictures inserted in a book

絵双六

えすごろく

sugoroku

絵草紙

えぞうし

ezōshi (Edo-period illustrated story book)

絵草紙屋

えぞうしや

ezōshi shop

絵草紙売り

えぞうしうり

ezōshi hawker

絵像

えぞう

portrait

絵凧

えだこ

painted kite

絵探し

えさがし

hidden picture puzzle

絵団扇

えうちわ

uchiwa fan with a picture painted on it

絵地図

えちず

pictorial map

絵伝

えでん

biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

絵踏み

えぶみ

(apostatizing through) trampling on a fumi-e

絵日記

えにっき

illustrated diary

絵日傘

えひがさ

decorated umbrella

絵入根本

えいりねほん

illustrated kabuki script

絵馬殿

えまでん

shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung

絵馬堂

えまどう

shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung

絵番付

えばんづけ

illustrated rankings

絵付け

えつけ

ceramics painting

絵物語

えものがたり

illustrated story

絵本学会

えほんがっかい

Association for Studies of Picture Books

絵面

えづら

impression given by a painting or image