Humanities › Languages Japanese Word of the Day: Geijutsu Share Flipboard Email Print Mint Images/Getty Images Languages Japanese Vocabulary Basics History & Culture Grammar English as a Second Language Spanish French German Italian Mandarin Russian English Grammar View More by Namiko Abe Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years. Updated March 06, 2019 Word of the Day : geijutsu Pronunciation: Click here to listen to the audio file. Meaning: art Japanese characters: 芸術 (げいじゅつ) Example: Bungaku wa kotoba no geijutsu da.文学は言葉の芸術だ。 Translation: Literature is the art of words. More Words of the Day: Previous wordNext word Continue Reading