美しい

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

From the attributive form of the Early Middle Japanese adjective utsukushi: /utsukushiki/ > /utsukushii/, with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Adjective [edit]

美しい (い-i inflection, hiragana うつくしい, romaji utsukushii)

  1. beautiful

Inflection [edit]

Synonyms [edit]

Adjective [edit]

美しい (い-i inflection, hiragana いつくしい, romaji itsukushii)

  1. 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 [...]

References [edit]

  • 1989 May 23, Teiji Ichiko; Osamu Akiya, Taizō Sawai, Kazuo Tajima, Kazuo Tokuda, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Muromachi Monogatari Shū (Jō) (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240054-9, page 291-309: