Illustration: In a modest apartment, a resident crouches to eye level with a single leafy branch in a ceramic vase on a shelf. The room is already tidy, and nothing needs fixing. With absorbed attention, they rotate the vase a fraction so the branch's curve balances the shape of a nearby shallow bowl.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

美び意い識しき

biishiki

aesthetic sense

Example sentences

  1. あなたの美意識びいしきを満足まんぞくさせるものは何なにですか?

    What is it that satisfies your aesthetic sense?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかしながら平安期へいあんきの時代思潮じだいしちょうや美意識びいしきを知しる上うえで貴重きちょうな史料しりょうであることには変かわらない。

    Nonetheless, it is a valuable historical source to learn about the zeitgeist of Japan and the sense of beauty during the Heian period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし一旦いったんかかる書体しょたいが定着ていちゃくするとそこに美意識びいしきが介在かいざいし書芸しょげいの対象たいしょうとなった。

    However, once a certain calligraphic style was established, a sense of beauty intervened and it became a subject of calligraphic art.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 美意識

  • 美beauty; beautifulOnビ・ミKunうつくしい
  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす

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