Meaning of 美学(びがく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 美学

Kana Reading びがく

Romaji bigaku

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

esthetics; aesthetics

Examples of 美学, びがく in a sentence

親切は１つの美学である。

Kindness is a virtue.
議論の多くの個所で、アドルノ、ホルクハイマーらの美学論に恩恵を受けている。

My argument is indebted in a number of places to the aesthetic theories of Adorno, Horkheimer and others.

Related Kanji

美 JLPT 3

9 strokes

beauty, beautiful

On'Yomi: ビ, ミ

Kun'Yomi: うつく.しい

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学 JLPT 5

8 strokes

study, learning, science

On'Yomi: ガク

Kun'Yomi: まな.ぶ

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