上品

じょうひん
elegant
refined
polished
じょうぼん
Buddhism's highest paradise

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じょうひん【上品】

〔しとやか， 優雅， 優美〕

elegance

〖U〗［or an ～］ 優雅， 上品， 気品(⇔inelegance).

*grace

〖U〗(形・動作などの)優美， 上品， 気品， しとやかさ， 優雅.

refinement

〖U〗優雅， 洗練

a lady of great refinement とても上品な婦人.

*modesty

〖U〗［ほめて］ 控えめ， 謙遜(^けんそん)(⇔vanity)；しとやかさ， 上品さ

with mock modesty 上品ぶって.

decency

〖U〗(言葉づかい・行動などの)上品さ.

chic

〖U〗粋.

delicacy

〖U〗(容姿・形状などの)優美さ， 優雅さ， 上品さ(⇔indelicacy).

*distinction

〖U〗［or a ～］ (外見などの)上品， 気品.

◇ → 上品な

◇ → 上品に

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じょうひん【上品】

1 ～な 〔品のよい〕 stylish; elegant; polite 《society》; graceful; delicate; sophisticated; in good taste; 《文》 decorous; refined; genteel; polished; tasteful; 《口》 classy; fancy; 〔女性が〕 ladylike; 〔男性が〕 gentlemanly.

●上品な人 a sophisticated [refined] man [woman]; a well-bred person; a gentleman [lady]

・上品な女性 an elegant [a graceful] lady

・上品な顔立ち nice looks; a handsome appearance

・上品な目鼻立ち fine(-cut) [handsome] features

・上品な味 a subtle [sophisticated, delicate] taste

・上品な趣味の人 a man [woman] of cultivated tastes [with good taste]; a cultivated [sophisticated] person

・上品な服 good [stylish, elegant, respectable, quiet] clothes

・上品な話し方 a gentle manner of speaking; refined speech

・上品な会話 〔みだらでない〕 (a) decent [clean] conversation

・上品な言葉を使う use decent [respectable, polite, refined] language; be well-spoken

・上品な服装をしている be respectably [stylishly] dressed; be well-dressed

・上品な食べ方をする have good table manners; behave properly when eating

・言葉づかい[態度, 立ちふるまい]が上品である be refined [decent] in one's speech [behavior, conduct].

●その部屋には上品な家具が置かれている. There is good [elegant, high-class] furniture in that room.

・それはとても上品な柄だった. It was a very elegant and restrained [an extremely sophisticated] pattern.

・彼女はいつも上品な装いをしている. She (always) dresses well. | Her clothes are always in good taste.

・あの方はお上品すぎて私には合いません. He's too prim and proper [much of the fine gentleman] for me.

・彼女の物腰は上品で奥ゆかしい. The way she behaves is very (restrained and) ladylike. | She is very graceful and decorous (in her behavior).

2 〔上等の品〕 a first-class article.

上品さ 〔品のよいこと〕 refinement; style; elegance; grace; delicacy; decency; 《文》 gentility; 《口》 class.

●あの男には上品さなんてかけらもない. He has absolutely no idea how to behave [manners, class]. | He is a total boor.

上品に elegantly; gracefully; 〔反語的に〕 genteelly.

●上品にふるまう behave well [properly, politely, decently]

・彼女は髪を上品に結っていた. Her hair was elegantly done. | She had an elegant coiffure [《口》 a stylish hairdo].

・君のようにお上品にはなれない. I could never be as refined as you are.

上品ぶる give oneself airs (and graces); 〔性的な事柄に対して〕 be prudish.

●いやに上品ぶっている 〔女性が〕 be too much of a fine lady

・彼女のお上品ぶったところが僕は苦手だな. She is too much of a [the] fine lady for me.

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じょうぼん【上品】

【仏教】 the Highest Paradise.