How to get url for static image file in Magento 2's javascript files?

In JavaScript it's available with require.toUrl('images/image.png').

I did it by adding variable to window from *.phtml file:

<script>
    window.imgpath = '<?php echo $block->getViewFileUrl('images/image.png') ?>';
</script>

and reading that variable from window in *.js:

function someFunction() {
    var imgPath = window.imgpath;
}

Actually, in Magento core files I saw examples of such things.

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