How to say "aesthetic" in Japanese

• 美的びてきCommon
  na-adjectiveThe broad, default adjective for 'aesthetic' — relating to beauty or artistic taste — and the most common of the four. Use it for most everyday senses unless a more specific nuance is intended.
  彼女かのじょは美的びてき感覚かんかくに欠かけている。↗

  She is lacking in sense of beauty.
• 耽美的たんびてき
  na-adjectiveCovers 'aesthetic' in the sense of aestheticism: devoted to beauty for its own sake, often with decadent or sensual overtones. It is not the neutral everyday adjective — for that, use 美的.
• 美学的びがくてき
  na-adjective'Aesthetic' as in relating to aesthetics, the discipline that studies beauty and art. Less common than 美的; it points to the theory or philosophy of beauty rather than to beauty itself.
• 審美的しんびてき
  na-adjectiveConcerned with the appreciation or judgment of beauty — discerning and evaluating it — rather than with beauty in general. Less common and narrower than 美的, so it is seldom the default word for plain 'aesthetic'.

Use 美的 as the general word for anything aesthetic; 美学的 for the theory of aesthetics, 審美的 for judging or appreciating beauty, and 耽美的 only for a devoted, often decadent pursuit of beauty.

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• 美的びてきesthetic
• 耽美的たんびてきaesthetic
• 美学的びがくてきaesthetic
• 審美的しんびてきaesthetic