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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

前景

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zenkei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foreground/ˈfɔːr.ɡraʊnd/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その絵画では、前景に咲き誇る花々がある活気に満ちた庭が描かれています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The part of a scene that is nearest to the viewer, especially in a picture or photograph.

    "In the painting, the foreground features a vibrant garden filled with blooming flowers."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something more prominent or important.

    "The director decided to foreground the main character's struggles in the film."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English 'fore' (meaning in front of or before) and 'ground' (from Proto-Germanic *grunduz). Originally used in painting and visual arts to describe the part of a scene nearest to the observer, the term later expanded metaphorically to denote prominence or position of primary importance.

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