胸きょう像ぞう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

bust; half-length portrait

Refers to a sculpture or painting showing a person from the chest up. In art contexts, 胸像 is the standard term for a bust.

A bust of Beethoven was on display at the art museum.

この胸きょう像ぞうはブロンズでできている。

This bust is made of bronze.

〈人ひと〉の胸きょう像ぞうを建たてるto erect a bust of someone
公こう園えんには創そう立りつ者しゃの胸きょう像ぞうが建たてられている。
A bust of the founder has been erected in the park.
〈場ば所しょ〉に胸きょう像ぞうがあるthere is a bust in a place
校こう内ないのロビーに校こう長ちょうの胸きょう像ぞうがある。
There is a bust of the principal in the school lobby.

彫ちょう像ぞう
彫像 is the general word for any statue or sculpture, while 胸像 refers specifically to a bust showing only the chest and head.
肖しょう像ぞう
肖像 covers any portrait of a person (painting, photo, or sculpture), whereas 胸像 is limited to a chest-up sculpted bust.
バスト
胸像 is the more formal, native Japanese term for a bust sculpture, while バスト is the looser loanword also used for measurements and breasts in other senses.

全ぜん身しん像ぞう
全身像 shows a person's whole body in a statue, in contrast to 胸像 which shows only the chest and head.

Compound of 胸 (chest) and 像 (image, statue), literally 'chest image'. The reading きょうぞう follows standard on'yomi.