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    3. 寂

    寂

    寂さび

    patina

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    さび

    Noun

    1.
    patina, antique look
    2.
    elegant simplicity
    3.
    well-trained voice

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    この古ふるい茶ちゃ碗わんには、美うつくしい寂さびがある。

    This old tea bowl has a beautiful patina.

    KMT7Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    侘わび寂さびの美び学がくは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かに深ふかく根ねざしている。

    The aesthetic of wabi-sabi is deeply rooted in traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    秋あきの夕ゆう暮ぐれには、心こころに染しみ入いるような寂さびしさが伴ともなう寂さびの美うつくしさがある。

    An autumn evening possesses a beauty of sabi, accompanied by a loneliness that penetrates the heart.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    古ふるい庭てい園えんの石いし灯どう籠ろうには、時ときを経へて生うまれた深ふかい寂さびの趣おもむきがある。

    The stone lantern in the old garden has a profound sabi aesthetic born from the passage of time.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignNature & Environment
    彼かれの歌うた声ごえには、長なが年ねんの鍛たん錬れんによって培つちかわれた独どく特とくの寂さびが感かんじられる。

    His singing voice has a unique, well-trained quality (sabi) cultivated through years of practice.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    寂
    さび・さび.しい・さび.れる・さみ.しい…(2)
    loneliness・quietly・mellow・mature・death of a priest
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