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微妙 (びみょう): delicate, subtle — Japanese vocabulary

微妙 is read びみょう and means "delicate, subtle". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

微妙

Reading
びみょう · bimyou
Translation
delicate, subtle
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
びみょうが

Example

私はかなり微妙な立場にある。

わたしはかなりびみょうなたちばにある。

I find myself in a rather delicate situation.

Kanji in this word

  • 微 — faint, minute
  • 妙 — strange, wonderful

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