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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

イラスト

Pronunciation / Transliteration: irasuto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Illustration/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女はウェブサイト用のイラストを描いた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A picture, drawing, or diagram used to explain something or make it more attractive.

    "The children's book was filled with colorful illustrations that brought the story to life."
  2. 2

    An example or instance that helps explain or prove something.

    "His success story serves as a clear illustration of what hard work can achieve."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin illustratio, meaning 'an enlightening or making clear,' from the verb illustrare (in- 'upon, in' + lustrare 'to brighten or illuminate'). In Middle English, it initially retained its theological and intellectual sense of spiritual illumination before shifting toward pictorial representation and visual art during the Renaissance.

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