Illustration: In a small pottery studio, a photographer arranges a tall vase, a low bowl, and a single branch for a still-life photograph. Looking through a tripod-mounted camera, she reaches sideways to slide the bowl slightly forward so it no longer disappears behind the vase.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

構こう図ず

kouzu

composition, arrangement

Example sentences

  1. 大胆だいたんな構図こうずと力強ちからづよい筆線ふでせんは非常ひじょうに個性的こせいてきな画風がふうを作つくり出だしている。

    His bold compositions and strong brush strokes constituted an extremely distinctive style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. しかし、これらは必かならずしもオリジナルの画題がだい・構図こうずで描えがかれたわけではない。

    However, they were not necessarily drawn with an original theme or composition.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. どの角度かくどから見みても石いしは14個こしか見みえないという構図こうずになっている。

    The design is such that no matter from which angle you view the garden, you can see only 14 stones.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 構図

  • 構posture; stanceOnコウKunかまえる・かまう
  • 図map; drawingOnズ・トKunえ・はかる

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