Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 美しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 美うつく しい 美うつく しくない Polite 美うつく しいです 美うつく しくないです also 美うつく しくありません Past polite 美うつく しかったです 美うつく しくなかったです also 美うつく しくありませんでした Past 美うつく しかった 美うつく しくなかった Te-form 美うつく しくて 美うつく しくなくて Adverbial 美うつく しく Conditional 美うつく しければ 美うつく しくなければ Tara conditional 美うつく しかったら 美うつく しくなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 美うつく しい for something (scenery, a sound, etc.) to be beautiful
The sunset seen from the mountain is very beautiful.
美うつく しい 〈 物もの 〉 a beautiful thing (scenery, flower, voice, etc.)
She sang with a beautiful voice.
心こころ が 美うつく しい to have a pure, beautiful heart
He is a person with a beautiful heart.
美うつく しく 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something beautifully
The cherry blossoms are blooming beautifully.
Kanji 愛 love, affection, favourite Related words· 7 綺麗 is a na-adjective often meaning clean, tidy, or pretty, while 美しい is an i-adjective conveying a deeper or more elegant sense of beauty.
可愛い describes cute or endearing things, often small or childlike, whereas 美しい suggests a more mature, elegant, or profound beauty.
素敵 is a casual na-adjective meaning lovely or wonderful, often for style or overall impression, while 美しい focuses more directly on visual or moral beauty.
優美 is a more literary word meaning graceful and refined beauty, while 美しい is the everyday general term for beauty.
Show 3 more Show fewer 美しい is the standard, neutral Japanese word for “beautiful” usable in any register, while ビューティフル sounds foreign, playful, or advertising-like.
美しい is the standard word for 'beautiful' in both spoken and written Japanese, whereas 佳 is confined to formal or classical registers, often as part of compounds like 佳作 or 佳日 .
美しい is a standard, slightly literary word for beautiful, whereas シャン is an old-fashioned slang term seldom used today.
Opposites 醜い means ugly or unsightly, the direct opposite of 美しい 's sense of beauty.
美しい means beautiful, the direct opposite of ブサイク 's meaning of unattractive appearance.
美しい means beautiful, the direct opposite of 醜悪 , which means ugly or repulsive.
美しい describes something beautiful, the opposite of まずい used to mean ugly or unattractive.
Written forms 美うつく しい Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
うつくしい Usage 1%
愛うつく しい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the common reading for 愛しい is いとしい .
Etymology Derived from classical Japanese うつくし (utsukushi), originally meaning 'beloved' or 'dear'. The kanji 美 carries the meaning of beauty.
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