elegant style; refined taste; literary grace
Describes writing, art, or personal taste that is cultivated and elegant. Often used in literary or critical contexts.
His writing is elegant and captivates the reader.
この茶室の設えには文雅な趣がある。
The arrangement of this tea room has a refined taste.
Standard kanji spelling for this literary term.
Compound of 文 (literature, writing) and 雅 (elegance, refinement). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys literary grace.