In your opinion, what is the most beautiful Japanese word you know?

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1. 縁

2. 綺麗

   Edit: I’d like to nominate 馬鹿馬鹿しい as well. (It’s a **horse** ~~dear~~ **deer**, a **horse** **deer** – **shii**esh!).

3. 憂鬱, yuuutsu.

4. 木漏れ日

5. I really like 懐かしい meaning nostalgic, reminiscent of good memories. I learned the word from Midnight Diner.

6. デイリースレッド

7. Do you mean beautiful visually or beautiful to hear?

   In terms of sound I think 緑(みどり) dances on the tongue in a pleasing manner.

8. I like 休み (やすみ). I’m about to take one right now 🙂

9. Reizouko sounded so cool when I first heard it. I thought it would sound kickass as a name.

   Then I learned it means “refrigerator”

10. 恋

11. 蘭

12. I really like 光 simple, pretty and a great name.

    Also 粘り強さ

13. I like 轟 [とどろき] which loosely means ‘roar’. The kanji is pretty neat too.

    Edit: thanks for the downvote, I just love this subreddit 🤣

14. 時 (とき)

    because this was the first tough kanji character which I learned

15. jyagaimo

16. I myself am quite fond of 雷 (かみなり). It’s such a pleasant-sounding word, and it’s fun to say too.

17. 秘密 himitsu – secret

18. My 3 favs

    無料

    半額

    割引

    No more beautiful words exist.

19. じゃがいも, which roughly translates to “potato” in English

20. 侘び寂び

    Even the meaning is beautiful.

21. のどちんこ – it means “uvula”, but literally it’s little throat dick

22. 鮪(まぐろ)
    鼠(ねずみ)
    台所(だいどころ)
    庭(にわ)

    I hope I got these correct. I loved the way they sounded the first time I heard them.

23. I love words with repeating sounds like ときどき and 人々.

24. 全部 I just like how it sounds and the first character looks pretty neat

25. Do you mean the way “cellar door” is considered a beautiful sound in the English language to foreigners? In that case, I’ve always liked the sound of 少し.

    Edit: Actually, I like もう少し a little bit more.

26. Mine gotta be 二日酔い　ふつかよい and it means hangover. But I like to translate it as problems of the second day XD

27. my fav word that i use daily 面倒臭い

28. 儚げ

29. 驟雨, Shūu – sudden rainshower