モザイク

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to a picture or pattern made from small pieces of colored stone, glass, or tile, or to something resembling such a pattern.

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The church floor is decorated with a beautiful mosaic.

この壁へき画がは色いろとりどりのタイルのモザイクでできている。

This mural is made of a mosaic of colorful tiles.

2

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

pixelation; mosaic blur

Commonly used for the digital blurring or pixelation applied to images and videos, especially for censorship or privacy protection.

〈物もの〉にモザイクをかけるto pixelate/blur out (a face, image, etc.)
テレビでは犯はん人にんの顔かおにモザイクをかけていた。
On TV, the suspect's face was pixelated.
〈物もの〉にモザイクがかかるfor something to be covered by pixelation/mosaic censorship
その写しゃ真しんは個こ人じん情じょう報ほうが写うつっていたので、一いち部ぶにモザイクがかかっている。
Because the photo showed personal information, part of it has been mosaic-censored.
〈物もの〉をモザイクで飾かざるto decorate something with a mosaic (of tiles, glass, etc.)
壁かべは色いろとりどりのタイルのモザイクで飾かざられていた。
The wall was decorated with a colorful tile mosaic.

ぼかし sense 2
モザイク applies a blocky, pixelated pattern to hide something, while ぼかし is a soft, blurred effect used for the same censoring purpose.
パッチワーク
モザイク (mosaic) describes an image or pattern built from many small tiles or fragments, while パッチワーク specifically refers to fabric pieces sewn together.

キメラ
In biology キメラ describes an organism formed from cells of two distinct zygotes/embryos, while モザイク describes an organism whose genetic variation arose from a mutation within a single zygote's lineage.

From English 'mosaic', ultimately from Late Latin 'musaicum'.

gynandromorph

mosaic tile