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額縁 (gakubuchi) Japanese meaning: picture frame | Kotomora

額がく縁ぶち

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

picture frame; frame

Commonly used for frames around pictures, paintings, photographs, and certificates.

この絵えに合あう額がく縁ぶちを探さがしています。

I'm looking for a frame that suits this painting.

賞しょう状じょうを額がく縁ぶちに入いれて壁かべに飾かざった。

I put the certificate in a frame and hung it on the wall.

2

architrave; door/window frame

Architectural term for the molded frame around a door or window; less common in everyday conversation.

このドアの額がく縁ぶちは古ふるい木きでできている。
The architrave of this door is made of old wood.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を額がく縁ぶちに入いれるto put something in a frame
その写しゃ真しんを額がく縁ぶちに入いれて飾かざった。
I put the photo in a frame and displayed it.
額がく縁ぶちに飾かざるto display (something) in a frame
卒そつ業ぎょう証しょう書しょを額がく縁ぶちに飾かざっている。
I have my diploma displayed in a frame.
額がく縁ぶちをかけるto hang a (picture) frame
壁かべに額がく縁ぶちをかけた。
I hung a picture frame on the wall.

Kanji

額forehead, tablet, plaque
縁affinity, relation, connection

Related words

フレーム sense 1
額縁 is the traditional Japanese word for a picture frame, while フレーム is a more modern, casual loanword often used for photo or eyeglass frames.
枠わくN2sense 1
枠 is a general word for any border or frame (including abstract ones), whereas 額縁 specifically refers to a decorative frame for pictures or a molding around a door/window.
額がくN3
額縁 specifically means the physical picture frame, while 額 can refer either to the frame or to the framed picture as a whole.

Don't confuse with

額がくN3sense 1
額縁 (a picture frame) contains the kanji 額, but 額 alone usually means a sum of money, not a frame.
枠わくN2
額縁 specifically means a decorative picture frame, while 枠 is the general word for any frame, border, or structural framework.

Counted with

枚まいN3
Used when thinking of it as a flat framed object; 個 is also common in ordinary speech.

Word family

額がく縁ぶち舞ぶ台たい
proscenium stage
額がく縁ぶちショー
picture-frame show

Built from

額がく+縁ふち

Written forms

額がく縁ぶちUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and high priority.
額がくぶちUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
ガクブチUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 額 (gaku, 'picture frame; framed picture') and 縁 (fuchi, 'edge; frame'), with rendaku voicing of ふち to ぶち. The architectural sense is an extension of the framing concept.