► 形容動詞
妙 [(1)みょう] meaning: strange rank: 2
☆ あの会社の経営状態について妙な噂を聞いた ⇨ I heard some strange rumor about the financial condition of the company
☆ 最近妻が妙に優しくて怖い ⇨ Recently my wife has been strangely nice, and I’m scared
☆ 彼女は全然美人じゃないのに妙に色気が有る ⇨ She’s not beautiful at all, but strangely sexy
More examples:
- 彼は妙に意味深な言い方をした ⇨ He made a curiously ambiguous, insinuating, subtle, comment
- 彼女は珍妙な帽子を被っている ⇨ She is wearing a weird hat
- 彼は今日は妙に上機嫌だね ⇨ He is in really good mood somehow today
- これは妙に人工的な味がする ⇨ This has a weirdly artificial taste
- 和風と洋風の絶妙な組み合わせ ⇨ A brilliant mix of Japanese and western styles
- 彼は絶妙なゴールを決めた ⇨ He scored an exquisite goal
- あの二人は阿吽の呼吸が絶妙に合っている ⇨ Those two have telepathic communications
- 子供達は神妙な顔で彼の話を聞いていた ⇨ The kids were listening to him with serious looks
- 彼は知恵を絞って絶妙な解決策を考えだした ⇨ He wrung his wisdom, racked his brain, and came up with a great solution
- あの暴力団はやり方が巧妙で警察も手が出せないでいる ⇨ The gang is very shrewd and the police haven’t been able to get to them
- 彼等がワールドカップに出場出来るかどうかは微妙だ ⇨ Their World Cup qualification is hanging in the balance
- いつもは反抗的な彼女が今日は妙にしおらしい ⇨ She is usually rebellious but strangely obedient today
- その二つには微妙な違いが有る ⇨ There is a subtle difference between the two
- 子供の珍妙な質問に彼は思わず絶句した ⇨ He lost his words by a funny question from a child
- 事情を知らない人達には奇妙に映るだろう ⇨ It must look strange to those who don’t know the background