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巧妙 (こうみょう): ingenious, skillful, clever — Japanese vocabulary

巧妙 is read こうみょう and means "ingenious, skillful, clever". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

巧妙

Reading
こうみょう · koumyou
Translation
ingenious, skillful, clever
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こうみょうが

Example

やつの巧妙な話に僕は簡単にだまされてしまった。

やつのこうみょうなはなしにぼくはかんたんにだまされてしまった。

I was easily taken in by his smooth talk.

Kanji in this word

  • 巧 — skillful, clever
  • 妙 — strange, wonderful

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