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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

イメージする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the picture or idea formed in one's mind, often used with verbs like 持つ, 浮かぶ, or する to mean 'imagine'.

computer image; digital image

Technical use in computing for a visual representation, such as a graphic file or screen display.

Used for how something is portrayed or the impression it gives, often in marketing or artistic contexts.

〈事こと〉のイメージを持もつto have a (mental) image or impression of something
彼かの女じょはその国くににについて古ふるいイメージを持もっていた。
She had an old-fashioned image of that country.
イメージが浮うかぶan image comes to mind
その言こと葉ばを聞きいて、すぐに海うみのイメージが浮うかんだ。
When I heard that word, an image of the sea immediately came to mind.
〈事こと〉をイメージするto imagine or picture something
完かん成せいした建たて物ものをイメージしてみてください。
Please try to imagine what the finished building will look like.
イメージが強つよいto have a strong image or association
その会かい社しゃは環かん境きょうに優やさしいイメージが強つよい。
That company has a strong eco-friendly image.
イメージが変かわるan image or impression changes
髪かみ型がたを変かえたら、イメージがすっかり変かわった。
After changing her hairstyle, her whole image changed.

印いん象しょうN3sense 1
印象 is a more formal, objective impression something leaves on you, while イメージ is often a subjective mental picture you form yourself.
想そう像ぞうN3sense 1
想像 emphasizes the act of imagining or picturing something in your mind, whereas イメージ refers more to the resulting mental picture itself.
連れん想そうN3
連想 is the mental act of linking one idea to another, while イメージ is the broader loanword for the resulting picture or impression itself.
映えい像ぞうN2
イメージ is a loanword for an impression or mental concept, while 映像 is more concretely visual, such as footage or a screen picture.
思おもい描えがく
イメージする is a casual loanword for visualizing something, while 思い描く is native Japanese and slightly more literary or emotive.

画が像ぞうN3sense 2
画像 specifically means a concrete picture or graphic file, while イメージ can mean a computer image but also an abstract mental impression.
映えい像ぞうN2sense 2
映像 refers to video footage or moving visuals, whereas イメージ (in its digital sense) refers to a still image or graphic.

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イメージ管かん
image tube
イメージ写しゃ真しん
concept image; impression photograph
イメージ処しょ理り
image processing
イメージ広こう告こく
image advertising; brand image advertising
イメージ検けん索さく
image search
イメージ画が像ぞう
illustrative image; artist's impression; concept picture · digital image; image file
イメージ調ちょう査さ
image survey
企き業ぎょうイメージ
corporate image
記き憶おくイメージ
storage image; core image
イメージカード
image card

Loanword from English 'image', adopted into Japanese with katakana spelling.