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嗜み

たしなみ

usually kana

Readings

たしなみ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    ntaste (in goods, etc.)
  2. 2.
    nmanners; etiquette
  3. 3.
    nmodesty; restraint; prudence
  4. 4.
    nknowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.); accomplishments
  5. 5.
    ntaking care of one's personal appearance

Kanji breakdown

13 strokes

Example sentences

彼は金持ちだがたしなみがない。

He has more money than taste.

大部分ではないにしても多くの人々が文学的趣味を優美なたしなみと見なしている。

Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.

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嗜みたしなみ

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

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