A statue, figure, picture or portrait representing a person or thing; a sculpted or depicted image.
美術館で有名な彫刻家の像を間近で見た。
I saw the famous sculptor's statue up close at the museum.
城の広場には歴史上の英雄の像が建てられている。
A statue of a historical hero stands in the castle square.
写真館で家族の肖像像を撮ってもらった。
We had a family portrait taken at the photo studio.
A figure, form, or appearance; an image or impression of something (often a mental or social image).
彼女は将来の自分の像をはっきり描いている。
She has a clear image of what she wants to be in the future.
その事件で彼の社会的な像が大きく変わった。
That incident greatly changed his public image.
家族にとって理想の像は時代とともに変化する。
The ideal image of family changes over time.
In physics or mathematics, an 'image' such as the image formed by a lens or the image of a set under a function/mapping.
凸レンズはスクリーン上に鮮明な像を結んだ。
The convex lens formed a sharp image on the screen.
関数fに対して集合Aの像はf(A)と表される。
For a function f, the image of a set A is expressed as f(A).