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二重撮影 (にじゅうさつえい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に重じゅう撮さつ影えい

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Meanings

1

double exposure

Photographic technique where two images are superimposed on a single frame, either in-camera or during processing.

この写しゃ真しんは二に重じゅう撮さつ影えいで撮とられてい

ます

。

This photo was taken using double exposure.

二に重じゅう撮さつ影えいの技ぎ法ほうを使つかって、幻げん想そう的てきなイメージを作つくり出だした。

Using the double exposure technique, they created a fantastical image.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
重heavy, important, esteem
撮snapshot, take pictures
影shadow, silhouette, phantom

Related words

多た重じゅう露ろ光こう
多重露光 is a more general term for multiple exposures (two or more), while 二重撮影 specifically refers to double exposure.

Built from

二に重じゅう+撮さつ影えい

Etymology

Compound of 二重 (にじゅう, 'double') and 撮影 (さつえい, 'photography').