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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

美び

bi

beauty

As a standalone noun, this is formal or literary. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは美びを愛あいする人間にんげんである。

    I am a lover of the beautiful.

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  2. ミロのヴィーナスは美びの極致きょくちだ。

    The Venus de Milo is the perfection of beauty.

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  3. 真しんは美びにまさる。

    Truth is more important than beauty.

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Kanji in 美

  • 美beauty; beautifulOnビ・ミKunうつくしい

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