雅やか

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みやび
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Derived as 雅び (miyabi, refinement, elegance, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of classical verb 雅ぶ (miyabu, to be elegant, to be refined)) + やか (yaka, adjective-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 雅びやか (less common)

Adjective

雅やか (-na inflection, hiragana みやびやか, rōmaji miyabiyaka)

  1. elegant, graceful, refined

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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