WORD DETAIL
絶妙
ぜつみょう
Examples
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
絶妙is readぜつみょう. - Basic usage: It is a na-adjective describing something exquisitely balanced, timed, or precisely suited.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Modifying a noun
- Before a noun, as in
絶妙な釣り合い, it takesな.
- Before a noun, as in
- Describing timing
絶妙な間means that the pause between words or actions is perfectly timed.

