► 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:
- 彼女は珍妙な帽子を被っている ⇨ She is wearing a weird hat
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は妙なポーズを決めた ⇨ He struck a funny pose
- 日本語に妙な英語を混ぜる風潮 ⇨ The trend of mixing weird English words with Japanese
- 彼女はこれと言って美人なわけではないが妙に魅力がある ⇨ She is not particularly pretty, but very attractive for some reason
- 私は妙案を思いついた ⇨ I’ve come up with an unusual solution
- 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
- 今日は妙に電車が空いている ⇨ Today the trains are not crowded for some reason
- 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
- 主人公の奇妙な冒険と運命を描いた物語 ⇨ A story about the strange, mind-blowing, adventure and fate of the protagonist
- この作品は微妙な心の動きを見事に書き表している ⇨ This novel beautifully depicts subtle development of emotions
- あの二人は阿吽の呼吸が絶妙に合っている ⇨ Those two have telepathic communications