How to say "grace" in Japanese

• 品ひんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers grace as personal elegance and refinement — the quiet class shown in someone's bearing, taste, or manners. Think of a person whose graceful dignity impresses others, rather than of movement or blessings.
  彼かれは品ひんがない。↗

  He is a common sort of man.
• 恩恵おんけいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounGrace in the sense of a favor or benefit bestowed — the blessings one receives from God or nature. Use this when 'grace' means kindness conferred rather than elegance.
  オーストラリア人おーすとらりあじんは全体ぜんたいとして政治せいじシステムが安定あんていしていることによる恩恵おんけいに満足まんぞくしている。↗

  Australians are, on the whole, pleased with the stabilizing benefits of their political system.
• 恵みめぐみJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounGrace as a blessing bestowed — by God, nature, or another's kindness. It overlaps closely with 恩恵, and for the blessing sense either word will usually serve.
  神かみは私に富とみをお恵めぐみくださった。↗

  God has blessed me with riches.
• 祈祷きとうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbOnly the 'grace (at meals)' sense: a prayer said before or after eating. For elegance, movement, or divine blessing this is not the word you want — it simply means prayer.
  ペットのためにご祈祷きとうしていただける御守おんもりと御ご札さつが実現じつげんしました。↗

  Now there are charms and talismans for your pet that you can have blessed.
• 優美ゆうびJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounGrace as physical, aesthetic beauty — of movement, form, or design, as in a graceful dancer or an elegant curve. It stresses loveliness, where 品 stresses dignity and class.
  大部分だいぶぶんではないにしても多おおくの人々ひとびとが文学的ぶんがくてき趣味しゅみを優美ゆうびなたしなみと見みなしている。↗

  Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.

For grace as elegance of bearing use 品, for graceful beauty of movement 優美; for grace as a blessing or divine favor use 恩恵 or 「恵み」; 祈祷 covers only the prayer said at meals.

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• 品ひんelegance
• 恩恵おんけいgrace
• 恵みめぐみblessing
• 祈祷きとうprayer
• 優美ゆうびgrace
• 気品きひんelegance
• 品格ひんかくdignity
• 品位ひんいdignity
• 雅致がちartistry
• おかげgrace (of God)
• 雅みやびrefinement
• 雅がelegance
• 恩寵おんちょうgrace
• グレイスgrace
• 聖寵せいちょうgrace (of God)
• 徳沢とくたくblessing
• 寵幸ちょうこうfavor
• 花を添えるはなをそえるto decorate
• 風雅ふうがelegance
• 利益りえきgrace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.)
• 飾るかざるto mark (e.g. the day with a victory)
• 功徳くどくdivine reward (for virtuous deeds)
• おかげさまgrace (of God)
• 救いすくい(religious) salvation
• 救済きゅうさい(religious) salvation
• 趣おもむきgrace
• 潤いうるおいblessing