絶妙

See also: 絕妙 and 绝妙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜつ
Grade: 5
みょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
絕妙 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 絕妙

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つみょー [zètsúmyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞t͡sɨᵝmʲo̞ː]

Adjective

(ぜつ)(みょう) • (zetsumyō) ぜつめう (zetumeu)?-na (adnominal (ぜつ)(みょう) (zetsumyō na), adverbial (ぜつ)(みょう) (zetsumyō ni))

  1. exquisite, superb, marvellous
    絶妙(ぜつみょう)演技(えんぎ)
    zetsumyō-na engi
    a marvellous performance

Inflection

Noun

(ぜつ)(みょう) • (zetsumyō) ぜつめう (zetumeu)?

  1. being exquisite, being superb, being marvellous

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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