Illustration: Inside a small Japanese woodcarving workshop, an artisan holds a rectangular wooden panel at an angle while carefully lowering the background around a carved carp. The carp's scales, rounded body, and curling tail project above the surrounding flat surface but remain visibly part of the same board.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

浮うき彫ぼり

ukibori

relief carving

Example sentences

  1. 全面ぜんめんに天人てんにん、獅子しし、唐草文様からくさもんようなどの繊細せんさいな浮うき彫ぼりを施ほどこした、他たに例れいを見みない鐘かねである。

    This entire surface of this unique bell is adorned with intricate carvings depicting imagery such as heavenly beings, lions and arabesque patterns.

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

  2. 日本にっぽんでは珍めずらしい、板いたに浮うき彫ぼりにした仏像ぶつぞうで、現在げんざいは剥落はくらくしているが、もとは彩色さいしきされていた。

    It is a kind of Buddha statue in relief rare in Japan, and it was originally colored, but the color has peeled off.

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

  3. ミラノにあるサンタンブロージョ教会きょうかいなど、前面ぜんめんだけでなく側面そくめんも金きんや銀ぎんなどの浮彫うきぼりで飾かざられた絢爛けんらんな祭壇さいだんも存在そんざいする。

    Some elaborately decorated altars, such as that in the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan, have gold and silver reliefs on the side as well as the front.

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

Kanji in 浮彫

  • 浮floating; floatOnフKunうく・うかれる・うかぶ
  • 彫carve; engraveOnチョウKunほる

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