Word details

美しい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 美しい.

Dictionary

Entry

美しいうつくしい愛しい~い Adj.Freq #674
1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Examples
あなたは美しい蝶々です。
You are a beautiful butterfly.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

美

beauty, beautiful

9 strokesFrequency 462JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ビミ

Kun

うつく.しい

Nanori

はるよしよしみり
愛

love, affection, favourite

13 strokesFrequency 640JLPT N2Grade 4

On

アイ

Kun

いと.しいかな.しいめ.でるお.しむまな

Nanori

ああしえかななるめぐめぐみよしちか

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