絶美(ぜつび)

ぜつび
noun
exquisite beauty; supreme beauty
art
1. exquisite beauty; supreme beauty
beauty of the highest or most extraordinary degree
絶美(ぜつび)の景色(けしき)が広(ひろ)がっていた。
A scene of exquisite beauty spread out before us.
この絵(え)は絶美(ぜつび)の一作(いっさく)と言(い)われている。
This painting is said to be a work of supreme beauty.
夕日(ゆうひ)に染(そ)まった富士山(ふじさん)の絶美(ぜつび)の姿(すがた)に、観光客(かんこうきゃく)たちは息(いき)を呑(の)んだ。
The tourists gasped at the sublimely beautiful sight of Mount Fuji bathed in the setting sun.

A literary word emphasizing that something is beautiful to the highest possible degree. The prefix 絶(ぜつ) intensifies the meaning, conveying "beyond comparison" or "supreme." Primarily used in written and formal contexts, especially when describing scenery, art, or natural phenomena.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 絶景(ぜっけい): spectacular view — specifically refers to scenery, much more commonly used
  • 美(び): beauty — general, neutral term
  • 麗(うるわ)しい: beautiful/lovely — literary adjective for refined beauty
  • 壮美(そうび): grand beauty — emphasizes grandeur and magnificence alongside beauty

Related Words

Compare: 絶景(ぜっけい) (spectacular view)
Compare: 麗(うるわ)しい (beautiful/lovely)
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Added 2026.4.19 19:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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