Word details

優美

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 優美.

Dictionary

Entry

優美うびNoun~な Adj.Freq #12730
1

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

Examples
大部分ではないにしても多くの人々が文学的趣味を優美なたしなみと見なしている。
Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

17 strokesFrequency 334JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ユウ

Kun

やさ.しいすぐ.れるまさ.る

Nanori

よし

beauty, beautiful

9 strokesFrequency 462JLPT N2Grade 3

On

Kun

うつく.しい

Nanori

はるよしよしみ

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