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► 副詞
ぴしゃり  [(2)ぴしゃり]  [coll]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ 「あなたにはいていません」彼女ピシャリ言った ⇨ “I’m not asking you” she said sharply, snapped

きりっと  [(2)きりっと]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ キリッとしたをしている ⇨ He has a toned face  (☛ About appearance. Always positive)

きりりと  [(2)きりりと]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ はきりりとしたをしている ⇨ He has a toned face  (☛ About appearance. Always positive)

しゃきっと  [(3)しゃきっと]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ もっとしゃきっとしなさい ⇨ Be more sharp, alert, focused  (☛ About appearance. Always positive)

つんつん  [(1)つんつん]  [coll]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ アンモニアいがつんつんする ⇨ There was a sharp, stinging, ammonia smell
☆ つんつんしたおっぱい ⇨ Pointy, perky, breasts

つんと  [つんと]  [coll]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ アンモニアいがつんとした ⇨ There was a sharp, stinging, ammonia smell

ぴりっと  [(2)ぴりっと]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ ぴりっと ⇨ A sharp-tasting sake

しゃっきり  [(4)しゃっきり]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 4
☆ もうちょっとしゃっきりしなさい ⇨ Be a little more sharp, alert  (☛ About appearance. Always positive)

► 動詞
尖らす  [(3)とがらす]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ 彼女を尖らせて抗議した ⇨ She pouted her lips and argued

尖る  [(2)とがる]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ パイプ切り口尖っていてない ⇨ The cut end of the pipe is pointy, sharp, and dangerous  (☛ The end of a linear object to be sharply pointed)
☆ 尖っけるのはない ⇨ It is dangerous to point a sharp-pointed thing  (☛ The end of a linear object to be sharply pointed)

研ぐ  [(1)とぐ]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ 彼女包丁を研いだ ⇨ She sharpened the kitchen knife  (☛ Sharpen knife edges. For figurative uses like minds, sensations, 研ぎ澄ます is used)

尖る  [(4)とんがる]  [coll]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ この包丁がとんがっている ⇨ This cooking knife has a sharp tip  (☛ A colloquial alternative of とがる)

研ぎ澄ます  [(4)とぎすます]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ 研ぎ澄まされた刃物 ⇨ A very well-sharpened knife
☆ 野生動物感覚は研ぎ澄まされている ⇨ The senses of wild animals are extremely sharp

とんがらかす  [(5)とんがらかす]  [coll]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 3
☆ 彼女をとんがらかせて抗議した ⇨ She sharpened, pouted, her lips and protested  (☛ An informal form of とがらす. In Japan pouting lips is associated with talking angrily)

► 名詞
辛口  [からくち]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 2
☆ 辛口の批評 ⇨ A sharp critique  (☛ Sharp, but not overly harsh)

► 形容詞
鋭い  [(3)するどい]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 1
☆ 両政党は鋭く対立した ⇨ The two political parties sharply disagreed with each other
☆ が鋭い ⇨ His head, mind, is very sharp
☆ 嗅覚人間よりかに鋭い ⇨ The dog’s sense of smell is far sharper, more sensitive, than that of humans
☆ 鋭い刃物 ⇨ A sharp knife  (☛ Sharp-edged. Pointy is 尖った)

► 形容動詞
鋭利  [(1)えいり]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 4
☆ は鋭利な刃物された ⇨ He was stabbed with a sharp knife

先鋭  [せんえい]    meaning:  sharp  rank: 4
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