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詩情

しじょう

N1poetic atmosphere · poetic quality

Examples

夕暮れの港には静かな詩情が漂っていた。

作者は日常の風景から豊かな詩情を引き出した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 詩情, read しじょう, combines (poetry) and (feeling).
  • Basic usage: It describes the poetic atmosphere or quality felt in a scene or work.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • An atmosphere lingering
    • 詩情が漂っていた means that a poetic atmosphere lingered. The expression figuratively describes that quality as if it were floating in the scene.
  • Drawing something from a scene
    • In 風景から豊かな詩情を引き出した, the scenes provided the basis for the poetic quality the author drew out.

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