Outline
"Outline" in Japanese
あらまし
aramashi
((film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay)
中抜き
uwatsuki
(line marking the boundary of an object figure)
主旨
shushi
(statement summarizing the important points of a text)
外形
gaikei
(outer shape of an object or figure)
概略
gairyaku
(general description of some subject)
概要
gaiyō
(general description of some subject)
概要
gaiyō
(preliminary plan of a project)
粗筋
arasuji
((film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay)
荒筋
arasuji
((film industry) a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay)
要旨
yōshi
(statement summarizing the important points of a text)
輪郭
rinkaku
(outer shape of an object or figure)
輪郭描写
rinkaku-byōsha
(sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.