Illustration: In a small Japanese art museum, a visitor bends slightly to study a ceramic sculpture of a sleeping cat. Their hands stay loosely clasped behind their back while their eyes follow the carefully modeled paws and whiskers.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

鑑かん賞しょう

kanshou

to appreciate art or music

Example sentences

よい音楽おんがくを鑑賞かんしょうすることはそれほど難むずかしいことではない。
It is not so difficult to appreciate good music.
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彼かれは文学ぶんがくを正ただしく鑑賞かんしょうできるようになった。
He learned to appreciate literature.
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彼かれは、芸術げいじゅつに対たいする鑑賞かんしょう力りょくがある。
He has an eye for art.
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Kanji in 鑑賞

鑑specimen; take warning fromOnカンKunかんがみる・かがみ
賞prize; rewardOnショウKunほめる

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