美しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うつく(しい)
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the 連体形 (rentaikei, attributive form) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 美し (utsukushi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(うつく)しい (utsukushii-i (adverbial (うつく)しく (utsukushiku))

  1. beautiful

Inflection

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Antonyms

Adjective

(いつく)しい (itsukushii-i (adverbial (いつく)しく (itsukushiku))

  1. (archaic) beautiful
    • c. 14-16th century: Kazashi no Himegimi
      姫君一人おはします。[...] 御かたちを見るに、髪のかかり、眉、口つき、いつくしくて [...]

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