"微妙" meaning in 日語

See 微妙 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [bʲimʲo̞ː]
Forms: 微妙 [canonical] (ruby: (), (みょう)), bimyō [romanization], 微妙な [attributive] (ruby: (), (みょう)), 微妙に [continuative] (ruby: (), (みょう)), 微妙だろ [imperfective], 微妙で [continuative], 微妙だ [terminal], 微妙な [attributive], 微妙なら [hypothetical], 微妙であれ [imperative], 微妙ではない [informal, negative], 微妙じゃない [informal, negative], 微妙だった [informal, past], 微妙ではなかった [informal, past, negative], 微妙じゃなかった [informal, past, negative], 微妙です [formal], 微妙ではありません [formal, negative], 微妙じゃありません [formal, negative], 微妙でした [formal, past], 微妙ではありませんでした [formal, past, negative], 微妙じゃありませんでした [formal, past, negative], 微妙で [conjunctive], 微妙なら(ば) [hypothetical], 微妙だったら [provisional], 微妙だろう [volitional], 微妙に [continuative], 微妙さ [degree]
  1. 隱約
    Sense id: zh-微妙-ja-adj-97VTUpeD
  2. 精美
    Sense id: zh-微妙-ja-adj-X8BLzmCg
  3. 暗淡,平凡 Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: zh-微妙-ja-adj-SA0zn6Ze Categories (other): 日語委婉詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: [bʲimʲo̞ː] Forms: 微妙 [canonical] (ruby: (), (みょう)), bimyō [romanization]
  1. 隱約
    Sense id: zh-微妙-ja-noun-97VTUpeD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "form": "微妙であれ",
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      "form": "微妙ではない",
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        "主要活用形"
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      "form": "微妙だったら",
      "hiragana": "びみょうだったら",
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      "form": "微妙だろう",
      "hiragana": "びみょうだろう",
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      "form": "微妙さ",
      "hiragana": "びみょうさ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
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      "source": "inflection table",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "[bʲimʲo̞ː]"
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  "tags": [
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      "form": "微妙であれ",
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      "form": "微妙ではない",
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        "negative"
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      "hiragana": "びみょうじゃない",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "微妙だった",
      "hiragana": "びみょうだった",
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        "past"
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      "form": "微妙ではなかった",
      "hiragana": "びみょうではなかった",
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        "past",
        "negative"
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      "hiragana": "びみょうじゃなかった",
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      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "微妙です",
      "hiragana": "びみょうです",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō desu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "微妙ではありません",
      "hiragana": "びみょうではありません",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
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      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "微妙じゃありません",
      "hiragana": "びみょうじゃありません",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "微妙でした",
      "hiragana": "びみょうでした",
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        "主要活用形"
      ],
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      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙ではありませんでした",
      "hiragana": "びみょうではありませんでした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙じゃありませんでした",
      "hiragana": "びみょうじゃありませんでした",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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      "source": "inflection table",
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      ],
      "roman": "bimyō de",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙なら(ば)",
      "hiragana": "びみょうなら(ば)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙だったら",
      "hiragana": "びみょうだったら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō dattara",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "provisional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙だろう",
      "hiragana": "びみょうだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō darō",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙に",
      "hiragana": "びみょうに",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyō ni",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "微妙さ",
      "hiragana": "びみょうさ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主要活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "bimyōsa",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "degree"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "形容詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "隱約"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "精美"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "日語委婉詞"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "暗淡,平凡"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "びみょー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京"
      ],
      "roman": "[bìmyóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʲimʲo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "-na"
  ],
  "word": "微妙"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "使用音讀的日語詞",
    "寫作「妙」讀作「みょう」的日語詞",
    "寫作「微」讀作「び」的日語詞",
    "日語名詞",
    "日語詞元",
    "有4個詞條的頁面",
    "有中學漢字的日語詞",
    "有兩個漢字的日語詞",
    "有國際音標的日語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "微妙",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "微",
          "び"
        ],
        [
          "妙",
          "みょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bimyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "notes": [
    "通常這個詞具有負面含意,它被委婉地用來表示“還不錯,但也不是很好”。"
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "隱約"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "びみょー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京"
      ],
      "roman": "[bìmyóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʲimʲo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "微妙"
}

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