exceptional artistry; divine elegance
Literary term for an ineffable, sublime quality in art, poetry, or performance, suggesting a spiritual or transcendent grace. Rare in everyday speech.
彼の書には神韻が宿っている。
His calligraphy possesses a divine elegance.
この詩の神韻は言葉では
The sublime artistry of this poem is hard to put into words.
sublime; transcendent (of art)
Compound of 神 (divine, spirit) and 韻 (rhyme, elegance, tone). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is conventionally associated with a sublime artistic quality.