ポートレート

also: ポートレイト

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to a portrait photograph, painting, or artistic representation of a person. Used in photography, art, and design contexts.

I took a portrait of her.

このポートレートはとても写しゃ実じつ的てきだ。

This portrait is very realistic.

〈人ひと〉のポートレートを撮とるto take a portrait (photo) of someone
友ゆう人じんのポートレートを撮とった。
I took a portrait of my friend.
ポートレートを描かくto paint or draw a portrait
画が家かは王おうのポートレートを描かいた。
The painter painted a portrait of the king.
ポートレートモードで撮とるto shoot using portrait mode (on a camera)
スマホのポートレートモードで撮とると背はい景けいがぼける。
When you shoot with your phone's portrait mode, the background blurs.

肖しょう像ぞう画が
肖像画 specifically means a painted or drawn portrait in traditional fine-art contexts, while ポートレート more commonly refers to a portrait photograph.
人じん物ぶつ写じゃ真しん
人物写真 is a broader term for any photo containing a person, whereas ポートレート implies a deliberately composed, often close-up portrait shot.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

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