| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 油絵 | あぶらえ | oil painting |
| 塗り絵 | ぬりえ | line drawing for colouring |
| 絵画 | かいが | navy |
| 口絵 | くちえ | frontispiece |
| 絵本 | えほん | picture book |
| 浮世絵 | うえよえ | ukiyoe (Edo wood-block prints) |
| 絵 | え | picture, drawing, painting, sketch |
| 倭絵 | やまとえ | Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings) |
| 墨絵 | すみえ | ink painting |
| 影絵 | かげえ | shadow picture |
| 扉絵 | とびらえ | frontispiece |
| 挿絵 | さしえ | (book) illustration |
| 絵に描いた餅 | えにかいたもち | pie in the sky, castle in the air |
| 絵に描いた餠 | えにかいたもち | pie in the sky, castle in the air |
| 絵の具 | えのぐ | colors, colours, paints |
| 絵はがき | えはがき | picture postcard |
| 絵巻 | えまき | picture scroll |
| 絵描き | えかき | artist, painter |
| 蒔絵 | まきえ | gold or silver lacquer, lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder |
| 錦絵 | にしきえ | colour (woodblock) print, color print |