象

Meaning

象 centers on the idea of a visible form or likeness: an elephant as a distinct shape, an image, or the act of patterning after something. The 'sign of the times' sense extends this to a symbolic shape that represents an era.

• 対象たいしょう
  N3

  target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage

• 印象いんしょう
  N3

  impression

• 現象げんしょう
  N2

  phenomenon

• 象徴しょうちょう
  N1

  symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation

• 気象きしょう
  N1

  weather (conditions)

• 象しょう
  N1

  form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon

• 象ぞう
  N5

  elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

• 事象じしょう

  event; phenomenon; matter

• 抽象ちゅうしょう
  N2

  abstraction

• 気象庁きしょうちょう

  (Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA

• 象牙ぞうげ

  ivory

• 気象台きしょうだい

  meteorological observatory

• 心象しんしょう

  mental image; mental picture; image

• 印象派いんしょうは

  Impressionists

• 印象深いいんしょうぶかい

  deeply impressive; memorable; striking

• 森羅万象しんらばんしょう

  all things in nature; the whole creation

• 表象ひょうしょう

  symbol (of); emblem

• 万象ばんしょう

  all creation; all nature; all the universe

• 象形しょうけい

  hieroglyphics

• 海象せいうち

  walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

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