審美眼(しんびがん)

しんびがん
noun
aesthetic eye; eye for beauty
formalcognition
1. aesthetic eye; eye for beauty; discerning taste
The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful or of high quality. Used for people who have refined taste in art, design, fashion, or craftsmanship.
審美眼(しんびがん)を養(やしな)う。
To cultivate an eye for beauty.
彼(かれ)は優(すぐ)れた審美眼(しんびがん)の持(も)ち主(ぬし)だ。
He has an excellent eye for beauty.
本物(ほんもの)の芸術(げいじゅつ)に触(ふ)れることで審美眼(しんびがん)が磨(みが)かれる。
By experiencing genuine art, one's aesthetic sensibility is refined.

Composed of 審美(しんび) (aesthetics, appreciation of beauty) + 眼(がん) (eye, discernment). Common collocations: 審美眼(しんびがん)を養(やしな)う (to cultivate an aesthetic eye), 審美眼(しんびがん)を磨(みが)く (to refine one's eye for beauty), 審美眼(しんびがん)の持(も)ち主(ぬし) (a person with an eye for beauty). A somewhat literary or formal word. Related: 目利(めき)き (connoisseur, expert judge) is more colloquial.

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Compare: 眼識(がんしき) (discerning eye, insight)
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