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Japanese symbol for “nuance”

Romaji: nyuansu
nuance

In Japanese, nuance is (nyuansu).

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Meanings

  1. n nuance

Other Japanese words for “nuance”

WordReadingMeaning
いみあい imiaiimplication; nuance; shade of meaning
いんえい in'einuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
いろあい iroaiflavour; nuance; feel
ごかん gokanfeeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
ひだ hida(hidden) detail; nuance; shade

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.