微妙

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Chinese

tiny; minute; clandestine
tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
 
clever; wonderful
trad. (微妙)
simp. #(微妙)

Pronunciation


Adjective

微妙

  1. subtle and delicate; tricksy; intricate

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
みょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(みょう) (bimyō-na (adnominal ()(みょう) (bimyō na), adverbial ()(みょう) (bimyō ni))

  1. subtle
  2. delicate
  3. (euphemistic) lackluster

Inflection

Noun

()(みょう) (bimyō

  1. subtlety

Usage notes

Generally this has negative connotations. It is used euphemistically to mean "not bad but not very good either".

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

微妙 (mimyo) (hangeul 미묘)

  1. hanja form? of 미묘 (subtle)