| 家 | [んち, nchi] (suf) (See 政治家) -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er #90 [Add to Longdo] |
| 韻事 | [いんじ, inji] (n) artistic pursuits [Add to Longdo] |
| 花鳥風月 | [かちょうふうげつ, kachoufuugetsu] (n) (1) (See 花鳥諷詠) beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; (2) artistic pursuits involving nature themes [Add to Longdo] |
| 玩物喪志 | [がんぶつそうし, ganbutsusoushi] (n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal [Add to Longdo] |
| 詩人墨客 | [しじんぼっかく;しじんぼっきゃく, shijinbokkaku ; shijinbokkyaku] (n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy [Add to Longdo] |
| 数寄(ateji);数奇(ateji) | [すき, suki] (n) (See 好き・すき) refined taste; elegant pursuits [Add to Longdo] |
| 晴耕雨読 | [せいこううどく, seikouudoku] (n, vs) working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits [Add to Longdo] |
| 風流韻事 | [ふうりゅういんじ, fuuryuuinji] (n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy [Add to Longdo] |
| 風流三昧 | [ふうりゅうざんまい, fuuryuuzanmai] (n) taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy [Add to Longdo] |
| 文人墨客 | [ぶんじんぼっかく;ぶんじんぼっきゃく, bunjinbokkaku ; bunjinbokkyaku] (n) writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy [Add to Longdo] |
