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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
- —美肌湯hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
- —美人妻beautiful wife
- —バ美肉creation and use of a virtual female avatar
- —極美品(used) item in great condition
- —多島美beauty of scattered islets and islands (esp. of the Seto Inland Sea); beautiful scenery of an archipelago
- —美小辞diminutive
- —美術室art room (e.g. in a school); art studio
- —因美線Inbi Line (East Okayama Railway)
- —美容家(highly-experienced) beautician; cosmetologist
- —具象美術representational art
- —虞美人草common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
- —醇風美俗good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life
- —商業美術commercial art
- —審美主義aestheticism
- —造形美術the plastic arts
- —抽象美術abstract art
- —天成の美natural beauty
- —八方美人everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flunky; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
- —美術学校art school
- —美術大学college of the arts; university of the arts; art university