端麗(たんれい)

たんれい
na-adjective
handsome; graceful; refined
formalappearance
1. handsome; graceful; beautiful and well-proportioned
Describes an appearance that is both beautiful and well-balanced. Often used for people with refined, elegant features, or for things with a clean, polished beauty.
端麗(たんれい)な顔立(かおだ)ちの女性(じょせい)だ。
She is a woman with graceful features.
容姿(ようし)端麗(たんれい)な俳優(はいゆう)が話題(わだい)になった。
A handsome actor became the talk of the town.
この日本酒(にほんしゅ)は端麗(たんれい)な味(あじ)わいで飲(の)みやすい。
This sake has a clean, refined flavor and is easy to drink.

端麗(たんれい) describes beauty that is well-proportioned, refined, and elegant. A literary and formal word.

Common expressions

  • 容姿(ようし)端麗(たんれい): beautiful appearance, good-looking (a set four-character phrase, very common)
  • 端麗(たんれい)な顔立(かおだ)ち: graceful, well-proportioned features

Usage

On sake and beer labels the same reading is normally written 淡麗(たんれい) (light and clean), as in 淡麗(たんれい)辛口(からくち) (light and dry); 端麗(たんれい) is sometimes seen there too, but 淡麗(たんれい) is the standard spelling.

Register

Literary and formal. Rarely used in casual conversation. Most commonly encountered in the compound 容姿(ようし)端麗(たんれい), which appears in written descriptions, formal contexts, and job/dating profile language.

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: 美(うつく)しい (beautiful)
Compare: 麗(うるわ)しい (beautiful, lovely)
Compare: 端正(たんせい) (neat and orderly in appearance)
Homophone: 淡麗(たんれい) (light and clean)
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Added 2026.3.23 19:17 · Revised 2026.10.19 9:58
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