気品|きひんkihin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounelegance; refinement; grace; dignity
   その町まちを色いろにたとえていうと、ワインレッドかな、こう、なんか気品きひんがあって、落ち着おちつくのよね。↗

   If that city were a color, it would be a color with a quiet sort of dignity ... wine red, say.
2. nounaroma

• Synonym品位ひんいWrittenWritten register. The refined character a person or thing embodies, also grades and the fineness of gold or silver; 「気品」 stresses elegance that subtly emanates.
• Synonym品格ひんかくWrittenWritten register. The dignity and poise a person possesses, as in 「品格のある人」; 「気品」 stresses the outward air of elegance one gives off.
• SynonymエレガンスNeutralA loanword for elegance, mostly for dress and bearing; 「気品」 stresses an inner, noble quality.
• Synonym気韻きいんWrittenWritten and rare. An air of purity and polish, for character or for calligraphy and painting; in everyday use 「気品」 is the word.
• Synonym雅みやびWrittenWritten register. Courtly refinement in the classical style, as in 「雅な調べ」; 「気品」 is the elegance of a person or thing.
• Related威信いしんWrittenWritten register. Authority together with the trust it commands, as in 「国の威信」; 「気品」 is about elegance.
• Related崇高すうこうWrittenWritten register. Loftiness and solemnity, mostly for ideals and spirit, as in 「崇高な理念」; 「気品」 stresses elegance.
• Related高貴こうきWrittenWritten register. High rank or status, and also preciousness; 「気品」 is the elegance that shows in one's words and behavior.
• RelatedプライドNeutralA loanword for self-esteem, an inner feeling; 「気品」 is the elegance outsiders perceive.
• Related尊厳そんげんFormalFormal. Dignity that must not be violated, as in 「人間の尊厳」; 「気品」 stresses elegance.
• Related気位きぐらいNeutralThe mindset of priding oneself on one's refinement and striving to keep it up, often with a pejorative, aloof tinge; 「気品」 is positive elegance.
• Related貫禄かんろくNeutralThe imposing presence shown in looks and manner, also used jokingly for putting on weight; 「気品」 is about elegance, not authority.
• Related矜持きょうじWrittenWritten register. One's pride and self-respect as a human being; 「気品」 is the elegance others perceive in you.
• Related自尊心じそんしんNeutralThe mindset of valuing oneself, as in 「自尊心が強い」; 「気品」 is about outward elegance.
• Antonym下品げひんNeutralAntonym. Vulgar and unrefined, the everyday opposite of 「気品」 on the scale of elegance.
• Antonym俗悪ぞくあくWrittenAntonym. A written word, and more strongly pejorative than 「下品」; vulgar and ugly, the opposite of 「気品」 in elegance versus vulgarity.

Use 「気品」 for the elegance a person or thing gives off, as in 「気品のある女性」. For a person's character and poise, 「品格」 or 「品位」 fits better; 「雅」 covers courtly, classical refinement; 「貫禄」 is imposing presence rather than elegance. For self-esteem use 「プライド」 or 「自尊心」, and the everyday antonym is 「下品」.

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1. なんとなく感かんじられる上品じょうひんさ。気高けだかい品位ひんい。