JLPT N3 · な-adjective

見事 (migoto)

見事 (みごと, migoto) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “splendid; magnificent”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みごと
Romaji: migoto
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

splendid; magnificent; excellent; fine; superb · な-adjective, adverb
utter (esp. defeat); total; complete · な-adjective · usu. 見事に
something worth seeing; sight; spectacle · noun · archaic

Example sentences

彼のスイングは実に見事だ。

He has a perfect swing.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 見事

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	見事だ	みごとだ migotoda
Present (polite)	見事です	みごとです migotodesu
Negative	見事じゃない	みごとじゃない migotojanai
Past	見事だった	みごとだった migotodatta
Negative past	見事じゃなかった	みごとじゃなかった migotojanakatta
Te-form	見事で	みごとで migotode
Before a noun	見事な	みごとな migotona
Adverb (~ni)	見事に	みごとに migotoni

Kanji in 見事

見

see, hopes, chancesケン・み.る・み.える · 7 strokes

事

matter, thing, factジ・ズ・こと・つか.う · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見事.

見るみるto see見せるみせるto show意見いけんopinion拝見はいけんseeing花見はなみcherry blossom viewing見物けんぶつsightseeing見えるみえるto be seen見つけるみつけるto find見つかるみつかるto be foundお見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)見解けんかいopinion見当けんとうestimate発見はっけんdiscovery見送りみおくりseeing (someone) off

Source: JMdict entry 1259620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.