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理想像 (りそうぞう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

理り想そう像ぞう

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Meanings

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noun

idealized image; ideal picture

Refers to a mental picture of a perfect version of something, often a person, society, or future state.

彼かの女じょは理り想そう像ぞうを追おい求もとめすぎて疲つかれてしまった。
She exhausted herself by chasing an idealized image too much.
この小しょう説せつの主しゅ人じん公こうは作さく者しゃの理り想そう像ぞうだと言いわれている。
The protagonist of this novel is said to be the author's idealized image.

Kanji

理logic, arrangement, reason
想idea, thought, conception
像statue, picture, image

Similar words

理り想そう
理想 is a broader term for an ideal or ideal state, while 理想像 specifically refers to a concrete mental image or picture of that ideal.

Etymology

Compound of 理想 (ideal) and 像 (image, statue). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for abstract compound nouns.