美|びbi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)beauty
   私は美びを愛あいする人間にんげんである。↗

   I am a lover of the beautiful.

• SynonymビューティーNeutralLoanword for beauty, used mainly in cosmetics and beauty-industry names rather than for beauty in general.
• Synonym美しさうつくしさNeutralThe everyday noun for beauty or good looks; 「美」 belongs more to written prose and mostly appears in compounds.
• Related綺麗さNeutralNoun for the degree of being clean and pretty; it stresses tidiness and good looks, while 「美」 is abstract beauty.
• Related奇麗さNeutralAn alternative spelling of 「綺麗さ」 with the same meaning, seen less often.
• Antonym醜しゅうWrittenA written word for ugliness, mostly in compounds such as 「美醜」; it is the opposite of 「美」.

Use 「美」 for abstract beauty or in compounds like 「美意識」「自然美」. In everyday speech say 「美しさ」; for clean, tidy good looks use 「綺麗さ」 (also written 「奇麗さ」); for cosmetics and the beauty industry use 「ビューティー」; 「醜」 is its written opposite, ugliness.

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1. （ビ） 主おもに視覚しかく又または聴覚ちょうかくもしくは人ひとの行動こうどうの評価ひょうかをとおして、それを受領じゅりょうする人ひとに感動かんどうを惹起じゃっきさせるもの及およびその現象げんしょう。