Translation guide
The act or process of forming a mental image, or of making something visible. In Japanese, different words are used depending on whether you mean mental imagery, data visualization, or making abstract things visible.
Forming a picture in your mind; imagining something visually.
Common loanword for 'image' or 'mental picture'. Often used with する to mean 'visualize'.
成功をイメージする。
Visualize success.
彼の話を聞いて、はっきりとイメージできた。
Listening to his story, I could clearly visualize it.
Imagination; forming a mental image. More formal than イメージ. Often used as 想像する.
未来の街を想像してみてください。
Try to visualize a city of the future.
To picture in one's mind; to envision. Emphasizes a deliberate, detailed mental image.
理想の家を思い描く。
Visualize one's ideal home.
Literally 'visualization', but used mainly in technical or psychological contexts for making mental images concrete. Not common in everyday speech.
瞑想中にイメージを視覚化する。
Visualize images during meditation.
Representing data or information in a visual form like charts, graphs, or diagrams.
Making something visible, especially data or abstract concepts. Common in IT, science, and business. Often used as 可視化する.
データを可視化して傾向を分析する。
Visualize the data and analyze trends.
このソフトは複雑な情報を可視化できます。
This software can visualize complex information.
Similar to 可視化, but slightly more academic. Also used for data visualization, but 可視化 is more common in business/IT.
統計データの視覚化は理解を助ける。
Visualization of statistical data aids understanding.
To make into a graph; charting. More specific than 可視化, used when the result is a graph or chart.
売上データをグラフ化する。
Visualize sales data as a graph.
To illustrate or show in a diagram. Often used in academic or instructional contexts.
プロセスを図示してください。
Please visualize the process with a diagram.
Turning concepts, plans, or invisible phenomena into something that can be seen or easily understood.
To embody or give concrete form to an idea or vision. Often used for realizing dreams or plans.
彼のアイデアを具現化した製品。
A product that visualizes his idea.
A business term meaning 'making visible', often used in management for visualizing workflows, problems, or progress. Casual and practical.
Also used here, especially for making invisible things like air flow or sound visible.
風の流れを可視化する実験。
An experiment to visualize air flow.
可視化 (kashika) is the most common for data/information visualization. 視覚化 (shikakuka) is more academic and less frequent in business. イメージ (imeeji) is for mental imagery, not for charts or graphs.
The English word 'visualization' covers many concepts. In Japanese, you must choose the right word based on context. Using 視覚化 for mental imagery sounds unnatural; use イメージ or 想像 instead.
Visualize the business process.