How to say "ethereal" in Japanese

• この世のものとも思えないこのよのものともおもえない
  expression, i-adjectiveCovers the 'ethereal, otherworldly, out of this world' sense: something so beautiful or strange it hardly seems of this world. Typical of descriptions of a person's beauty, a scene, or a sound that feels unreal. The plainer, everyday-worded form.
• この世のものとも思えぬこのよのものともおもえぬ
  expressionSame meaning and same typical uses — unearthly, otherworldly beauty or atmosphere — but worded with ぬ instead of ない, giving a slightly more literary tone. A somewhat less common way to write the phrase, but it expresses the same sense of 'ethereal'.

Both entries are the same expression meaning 'otherworldly, unearthly' beauty or appearance; choose between them purely by wording preference, as they differ only in the sentence-final form and cover the same sense of 'ethereal'.

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• この世のものとも思えないこのよのものともおもえないunearthly
• この世のものとも思えぬこのよのものともおもえぬunearthly