► 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
- 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
- 妙に人擦れして可愛くない子供 ⇨ A child bizarrely street-smart, who has seen too much too early and is without adorable innocence
- 彼は今日は妙に上機嫌だね ⇨ He is in really good mood somehow today
- 私は妙案を思いついた ⇨ I’ve come up with an unusual solution
- 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
- 彼は妙なポーズを決めた ⇨ He struck a funny pose
- 和風と洋風の絶妙な組み合わせ ⇨ A brilliant mix of Japanese and western styles
- 日本語に妙な英語を混ぜる風潮 ⇨ The trend of mixing weird English words with Japanese
- 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
- 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
- その二つには微妙な違いが有る ⇨ There is a subtle difference between the two
- 女の子の気持ちは微妙だ ⇨ Feelings of young girls are delicate
- これは妙に人工的な味がする ⇨ This has a weirdly artificial taste