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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

美意識

Reading

Kana: びいしき
Romaji: biishiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

Kanji

Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: シキ、 し.る、 しる.す
Meanings: discriminating, know, write

Example Sentences

あなたの美意識(びいしき)満足(まんぞく)させるものは(なに)ですか?
➥What is it that satisfies your aesthetic sense?
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(わたし)たちは()()うとき、(わたし)たちの美意識(びいしき)満足(まんぞく)させてくれる、精神的(せいしんてき)なものや物質的(ぶっしつてき)なもの(この場合(ばあい)物質的(ぶっしつてき)なものである場合(ばあい)(ほう)(おお)いが)のことを()っているのだと(おも)う。
➥I suppose that what we mean by beauty is that object, spiritual or material, more often material, which satisfies our aesthetic sense.
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