情趣

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 neutral じょうしゅjōshu
読み じょうしゅ
ローマ字 jōshu
漢字の分解 情 (jō) — feeling, emotion; 趣 (shu) — taste, elegance
発音 /dʑoː.ɕɯ/

意味

Refined taste; elegant charm; the subtle, evocative quality of an aesthetic experience.

A noun expressing the refined, evocative quality that a scene, object, or literary work possesses — the blend of emotional feeling (情) and aesthetic appeal (趣). Related to concepts such as 風情 (fūjō, ambience/charm) and the classical Japanese ideals of wabi, sabi, and yūgen. Often used to praise works or settings that achieve a quiet, atmospheric elegance.

例文

  1. 枯山水の庭園には、侘び寂びと呼ばれる独特の情趣が漂っている。
  2. 芭蕉の俳句は少ない言葉の中に深い情趣を込め、読む者の心に染み渡る。
  3. 古い町並みの路地裏を歩くと、失われた時代の情趣に触れる思いがした。

使い方ガイド

場面: aesthetics, poetry, traditional arts

トーン: poetic

起源と歴史

Compound of 情 (jō, feeling/emotion) and 趣 (shu, taste/elegance/tendency). Related to the aesthetic vocabulary of classical Japanese literature and linked to the concept of 物の哀れ. The pairing emphasises that true taste is not merely visual but inseparable from emotional resonance.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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