- miyabi refinement, elegance, grace
- ga elegance, grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
A literary noun for refined, courtly elegance, rarely used in speech; common in essays, poetry, and descriptions of traditional aesthetics.
彼女の着物の着こなしには雅がある。
Kanojo no kimono no kikonashi ni wa miyabi ga aru.
There is elegance in the way she wears her kimono.
京都の庭園は雅な美しさを持っている。
Kyōto no teien wa miyabi na utsukushisa o motte iru.
Kyoto's gardens have a refined beauty.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 優雅 (yūga), which means elegant but is more common in everyday contexts; 雅 is more literary and connotes classical refinement.
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