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微妙

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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微妙

  1. subtle and delicate; tricksy; intricate

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
みょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(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

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Noun

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()(みょう) (bimyō

  1. subtlety

Usage notes

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

References

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  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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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微妙 (mimyo) (hangeul 미묘)

  1. hanja form? of 미묘 (subtle)