Figure - Z

Japanese: 図 - ず

〘noun〙① A depiction of the shape or appearance of a person or thing. A picture. A painting. ※Konjaku (around 1120) Volume 6: "A drawing of the Mandala of the Garbha Realm was brought to China from India." [Hanshu - Geibunshi] ② A map. A drawing. ※Tonan-in documents - November 16, 767, the first year of the Jingo Keiun era, issued by the Echigo Chugoku Shi, "Inspection of the _reclaimed fields and land of Todaiji Temple and _a map, _{as detailed} below." [Warring States Strategy - Yan Sekkei vol. 2, Wang Xi] ③ A map of fields created nationwide during the Nara and early Heian periods and kept by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and provincial government offices. The cultivator and the state of cultivation are listed. ※Jowa 2nd year Toji territory provincial decision (835) "Eight fields and ri (abbreviated) Rikupyo, 3 dan, 18 bu. Toji Temple. Map of one cho, 7 tan Toji Temple." ④ Another name for the row of fields in the jori system. Around the 8th century, fields were divided into square plots of land with 6 cho (1 cho) on each side by lines that crossed each other. One of the plot lines. *Kōyasan documents - December 29, 1135, the first year of the Hōen era, a draft of an inspection report for a certain manor of rice fields, farmland, and mulberry farmer, "One plot, 1 ri, 3 cho, 7 steps, 120 bu" [Nichiroku, volume 22, illustration] ⑤ A scene. A state. An event. *Toraakirahon Kyogen, Ikugi (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "This is a wonderful plot of land that will bring long life, wealth, and prosperity to descendants for 580,000,000 years." *Hug (1973)〈Setouchi Harumi〉2 "I can't even imagine Masako walking around town or shopping." ⑥ Something that expresses the correct standard or way of doing things. Also, that standard. ※Kyokuminsho (1233), 7: "First, when learning the form of a dance, one must have a diagram ." ⑦ In mathematics, a shape made up of a collection of points, lines, and surfaces. [Japanese-English-French-German Dictionary of Academic Terms of Physics (1888)] ⑧ Limit. Limitation. Diagram. → There is no diagram. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Keisei Kin Tanki (1711), 4: "I will also do something that deviates from the diagram, which the other ministers of the world do not do." ⑨ To think up and come up with a plan. Idea. Device. Ingenuity. Plan. Also, a scheme. ※Taiheiki (late 14th century), 29: "If you stop by Kyoto, why should we not fight once at the diagram we have in mind?" ⑩ The place that was anticipated. The target. The time to aim. A good opportunity. Just what was expected. ※Historiographical Institute's Tengenmokusho (1471-73), 6: "What is 100 yen is 100 yen, what is 200 yen is 200 yen, so please buy it as it is." ※Kabuki: Night Attack Soga Hunting Ground Akebono (1874), Preface: "While I was thinking of what to do, the other lord Kudo Saemon decided that the hunt in Fujino was given to him by heaven, and he would kill him without missing this."

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〘Noun〙① A picture. A diagram. ② A scheme. A stratagem. ③ A Chinese legend says that during the time of Fuxi, a dragon horse with a mysterious figure painted on its back appeared from the Yellow River as an auspicious sign of peace. It is said to be the basis for the Eight Trigrams. A river diagram. ※Kaifuso (751), Mid-Autumn Shakuden ( Fujiwara no Banri), "How tragic that the diagram _{cannot be conveyed} , and that it will be drowned _and remain." [Book of Changes - Jici, Vol. 1]

zu- suzu... [Diagram]

〘Tasahen〙① To draw as a picture. ※Konjaku (around 1120) Volume 6 "Another large mandala was drawn and a large stage was built." ② To intend. To measure. ※Shobogenzo (1231-53) Kokyo "What does zazen draw?"

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〘名〙① 人や物の形や様子などを描いたもの。絵。絵画。※今昔（1120頃か）六「天竺より胎蔵界の曼陀羅の図を震旦に持来て」〔漢書‐芸文志〕② 地図。図面。※東南院文書‐神護景雲元年（767）一一月一六日越中国司解「検_二校東大寺墾田野地并図_一、具件如_レ前」〔戦国策‐燕策下・王喜〕③ 奈良・平安前期、全国的に作製され、民部省・国衙に保管された田地の図。耕作者と耕作状況が記載されている。※承和二年東寺領国判（835）「捌野田里〈略〉陸坪参段拾捌歩東寺。図一町七反東寺」④ 条里制の条(じょう)の別称。八世紀頃、田地を直交する条と里(り)により地割し、一辺六町の正方形の田地の区画を作った。その一方の区画線。※高野山文書‐保延元年（1135）一二月二九日・某庄田畠桑并在家等検注状案「一図一里三町七段百二十歩」〔日知録‐巻二二・図〕⑤ 光景。様子。事柄。※虎明本狂言・居杭（室町末‐近世初）「此おやしきの図は、五百八十年、万々年、御寿命長おん富貴御子孫御はんじゃう、めでたひおやしきで御ざる」※抱擁（1973）〈瀬戸内晴美〉二「匡子が街を歩いたり、買物をしたりしている図を想像することも出来ない」⑥ 物事の正しい基準、やり方などを書き表わしたもの。また、その基準。※教訓抄（1233）七「まづ舞曲の体拝を習ふといふは、その図(ヅ)あるべし」⑦ 数学で、点、線、面などの集合でできている形。〔物理学術語和英仏独対訳字書（1888）〕⑧ 限り。際限。方図。→図(ず)がない。※浮世草子・傾城禁短気（1711）四「我も又世の中の大臣共がせぬ、図にはづれた事をせん」⑨ あれこれ考えて立てたてだて。趣向。工夫。考案。計画。また、はかりごと。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）二九「則ち京都へ寄られ候はば、などか思ふ図に合戦一度せでは候ふべき」⑩ 予期したところ。ねらいどころ。ねらう時期。よい機会。思うつぼ。ずぼし。※史料編纂所本人天眼目抄（1471‐73）六「百の物は百、二百の物は二百に買が図のねだぞ」※歌舞伎・夜討曾我狩場曙（1874）序「とやせんかくやと思ふ内、又候工藤左衛門が富士野の狩は天の与へ、この図を外さず討取らんと」