寂び（さび）
JLPT N3 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: sabi weathered beauty
Example sentences
- 古い物には寂びの美しさがある。 — Old things have the beauty of sabi.
- 侘びと寂びは日本らしい美意識だ。 — Wabi and sabi are a distinctly Japanese sense of beauty.
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