寂（さび）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: sabi (aged beauty)
Example sentences
- 古い庭に寂の美しさを見る。 — You can see the beauty of sabi in the old garden.
- 侘と寂は日本の美意識だ。 — Wabi and sabi are core to the Japanese sense of beauty.
Idioms & proverbs containing “寂”
- 寂光浄土 (じゃっこうじょうど) — paradise
- 空々寂々 (くうくうじゃくじゃく) — deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void
- 寂滅為楽 (じゃくめついらく) — freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
- 和敬清寂 (わけいせいじゃく) — harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
- 涅槃寂静 (ねはんじゃくじょう) — enlightenment leads to serenity
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