1.
beauty; loveliness
The quality of being beautiful. The noun form of the adjective 美しい, used for visual, natural, and abstract beauty alike.
花の美しさに驚いた。
I was struck by the beauty of the flowers.
彼女の歌声の美しさに聞き入った。
I listened intently, captivated by the beauty of her singing voice.
自然の美しさは写真では伝えきれないことがある。
The beauty of nature sometimes cannot be fully conveyed in photographs.
The noun form of the i-adjective 美しい (beautiful), made with the {〜さ} suffix that turns adjectives into nouns naming the quality.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 美しさに驚く: be amazed at the beauty
- 自然の美しさ: the beauty of nature
- 美しさを保つ: maintain beauty
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 美: beauty — a more abstract, formal noun (as in 美を追求する); 美しさ feels more concrete and felt