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美 kanji
beauty, beautiful
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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ビミ
Kun readings
うつくしい
Words with 美
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —美男葛scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica); white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man
- —内容美beauty of content (as opposed to form); substantial beauty
- —美容液essence; liquid foundation; beauty lotion; serum
- —白痴美bimbo; airhead beauty
- —機能美functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
- —三美神three Graces; Charites
- —美青年handsome young man; Adonis
- —崇高美sublime beauty
- —美文字beautifully written (Chinese) character
- —美魔女middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic"); beautiful witch
- —様式美stylistic beauty; beauty of form; beauty derived from refined style; beauty of the style of an era or period; established trope; beloved stock formula (in entertainment); time-honored routine; expected gag
- —美容所beauty salon; beauty parlor
- —美容店beauty salon; beauty parlor
- —立体美beauty of form or proportion (in a created object); solid beauty
- —筋肉美muscular beauty; beauty of a muscular body
- —銀古美antique silver finish
- —金古美antique gold finish
- —美食学gastronomy
- —造形美beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
- —美人湯hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin