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美び

bi

beauty

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Example sentence

美は皮一重。

Beauty is but skin deep.

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Kanji in 美

beauty, beautiful

Sentences with 美

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
美味しい	N5	おいしい	おいしいdelicious, tasty
美しい	N4	うつくしい	うつくしいbeautiful, lovely
美術館	N4	びじゅつかん	びじゅつかんart gallery, art museum
美人	N3	びじん	びじんbeautiful person (woman)
美容	N2	びよう	びようbeauty (care), cosmetology
美術	N1	びじゅつ	びじゅつart, fine arts
褒美	N1	ほうび	ほうびreward, prize
賛美	N1	さんび	さんびpraise, adoration, glorification

More Abstract Concepts words

Word	Reading	Meaning
様	さま	さまstate; way (a person does something); Mr. or Mrs.
覚え	おぼえ	おぼえmemory, sense, experience
主	しゅ	しゅmain / principal / master (used in compounds; e.g. 主人[しゅじん] = husband / master, 主役[しゅやく] = main role)
無意味	むいみ	むいみnonsense, no meaning
詳細	しょうさい	しょうさいdetail, particulars
一面	いちめん	いちめんone side, one aspect; the whole surface (e.g. 一面の雪 = snow everywhere)
作り	つくり	つくりmake, structure, features (of appearance or small-scale making; e.g. 顔[かお]の作[つく]り)
種	しゅ	しゅtype / kind / species / category (used in compounds; e.g. 種類[しゅるい] = type/kind)

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