雅
ただし · miyabi
Refinement, elegance, grace
- elegance, grace
- festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
How it’s used
A literary noun for refined, courtly elegance, rarely used in speech; common in essays, poetry, and descriptions of traditional aesthetics.
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.
Example sentences
彼女の着物の着こなしには雅がある。
There is elegance in the way she wears her kimono.
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京都の庭園は雅な美しさを持っている。
Kyoto's gardens have a refined beauty.
Nihoner
池のほとりに、白鳥が優雅に泳いでいる。
いけのほとりに、はくちょうがゆうがにおよいでいる。
By the pond, swans are swimming gracefully.
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Refinement, elegance, grace. It can also mean: elegance, grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing).
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