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油絵 (あぶらえ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

油あぶら絵え

あ

ぶ

ら

え

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

art / aesthetics

Refers to the art medium or a specific artwork created with oil paints.

彼かれは油あぶら絵えを描かくのが趣しゅ味みです。
His hobby is painting oil paintings.
この油あぶら絵えは19

世せい

紀き

の

作さく

品ひん

です

。

This oil painting is a 19th-century work.

Written forms

油あぶら絵えUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
油あぶら画えUsage3%
Alternate kanji spelling, less common.

Kanji

油oil, fat
絵picture, drawing, painting
画brush-stroke, picture

Similar words

水すい彩さい画が
Watercolor painting, as opposed to oil-based paints.
日本にほん画が
Traditional Japanese-style painting, often using mineral pigments and ink, distinct from Western oil painting.

Etymology

Compound of 油 (oil) and 絵 (picture, painting).