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美学

Reading

Kana: びがく
Romaji: bigaku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
adj-no
1

esthetics; aesthetics

Kanji

美
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
学
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science

Example Sentences

親切(しんせつ)は１つの美学(びがく)である。
➥Kindness is a virtue.
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議論(ぎろん)の多(おお)くの個所(かしょ)で、アドルノ、ホルクハイマーらの美学論(びがくろん)に恩恵(おんけい)を受(う)けている。
➥My argument is indebted in a number of places to the aesthetic theories of Adorno, Horkheimer and others.
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