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1

A statue, figure, picture or portrait representing a person or thing; a sculpted or depicted image.

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Examples

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.

2

A figure, form, or appearance; an image or impression of something (often a mental or social image).

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Examples

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.

3

In physics or mathematics, an 'image' such as the image formed by a lens or the image of a set under a function/mapping.

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Examples

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).

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