イメージ

Japanese

Borrowed from English image.

イメージ • (imēji)

mental image, one's impression or the image that comes to mind
- かきふらい, けいおん！第１話
  で…でも　ギターってすごくむずかしそうなイメージが…
  De…Demo gitā tte sugoku muzukashisō na imēji ga…
  B—But it seems like playing the guitar is really hard…
impression; personal image; persona; face
イメージアップ
imēji appu
improving the impression others get from oneself
artist's impression
画(が)像(ぞう)はイメージです。実(じっ)際(さい)とは異(こと)なる場(ば)合(あい)があります。
Gazō wa imēji desu. Jissai to wa kotonaru baai ga arimasu.
The image is for illustration purposes only. Actual product may vary.
(literally, “The photo is an image. There are cases where it differs from reality.”)

イメージする • (imēji suru) suru (stem イメージし (imēji shi), past イメージした (imēji shita))

to think of (something), to picture, to conjure up
海(うみ)をイメージして作(つく)られた
umi o imēji shite tsukurareta
created in the image of the ocean; created with the image of the ocean in mind

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative