艶美

Japanese
Kanji in this term
艶 美
えん
Grade: S		 び
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 艷美 (iɛ̀m mijX, literally “sexy, voluptuous + beauty”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

艶美 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 艷美, -na inflection, hiragana えんび, rōmaji enbi)

  1. sensuously beautiful

Noun

艶美 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 艷美, hiragana えんび, rōmaji enbi)

  1. sensual beauty

See also
  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/艶美

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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