フォーカス

noun

optical focus; focus of a camera or microscope

Used for the focal adjustment or focused state of a camera lens, microscope, or similar optical device. ピント is often the more everyday word for camera focus, while フォーカス sounds more technical or camera-related.

• カメラのフォーカスがなかなか合あわない。

  The camera just will not come into focus.

• 顕けん微び鏡きょうのフォーカスを少すこし調ちょう整せいした。

  I adjusted the microscope's focus a little.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

focus of attention; focus one's efforts

Common in the pattern 〜にフォーカスする, meaning to direct attention, effort, discussion, or analysis toward a particular point.

• 今こん月げつは新しん規き顧こ客きゃくの獲かく得とくにフォーカスする。

  This month we will focus on acquiring new customers.

• 会かい議ぎでは問もん題だいの原げん因いんにフォーカスした。

  In the meeting, we focused on the cause of the problem.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

secretly photograph someone; snap a covert photo

A rare or dated media-slang use meaning to photograph someone secretly, especially in a tabloid or paparazzi-like context. It is much less transparent to learners than 盗撮する or 隠し撮りする.

• 古ふるい芸げい能のう記き事じでは、週しゅう刊かん誌しが有ゆう名めい人じんを「フォーカスした」と書かくことがある。

  In older entertainment articles, one may see that a weekly magazine “focused” a celebrity, meaning it secretly photographed them.

noun

GUI focus; active input focus

Computing term for the screen element that is currently active for keyboard input or operation, such as a text box, button, or window.

• Enterキーを押おすと検けん索さく欄らんにフォーカスが移うつる。

  When you press Enter, the focus moves to the search field.

• このボタンはフォーカスを受うけ取とれない設せっ定ていになっている。

  This button is set so that it cannot receive focus.