審美眼
しんびがん
aesthetic sense
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Examples
彼女は審美眼がある。
かのじょはしんびがんがある。
She has an eye for beauty.
収集家としての審美眼が問われる。
しゅうしゅうかとしてのしんびがんがとわれる。
His eye as a collector is being put to the test.
多くの名画に触れて審美眼を養った。
おおくのめいがにふれてしんびがんをやしなった。
He developed his aesthetic judgement by seeing many great paintings.
Common patterns
- 審美眼がある
- to have an eye for beauty
- 審美眼を養う
- to cultivate one's taste
- 確かな審美眼
- a sure eye
Memory tip
Literally the 'eye that judges beauty'. Japanese builds several of these 〜眼 words: 鑑識眼 for judging genuineness, 観察眼 for noticing detail. 審美眼 is about taste, not about spotting fakes.
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