JLPT N3 · な-adjective

妙 (myou)

妙 (みょう, myou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “strange; weird”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みょう
Romaji: myou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

strange; weird; odd; curious · な-adjective, noun
wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence · noun, な-adjective
cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼は自分の妙な行動について明確に説明はしなかった。

He offered no specific explanation for his strange behavior.

Tatoeba #104846

彼は生徒を教える事に妙をえている。

He is skillful in teaching pupils.

Tatoeba #103194

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

Conjugation of 妙

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	妙だ	みょうだ myouda
Present (polite)	妙です	みょうです myoudesu
Negative	妙じゃない	みょうじゃない myoujanai
Past	妙だった	みょうだった myoudatta
Negative past	妙じゃなかった	みょうじゃなかった myoujanakatta
Te-form	妙で	みょうで myoude
Before a noun	妙な	みょうな myouna
Adverb (~ni)	妙に	みょうに myouni

Kanji in 妙

妙

exquisite, strange, queerミョウ・ビョウ・たえ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 妙.

奇妙きみょうstrange微妙びみょうsubtle巧妙こうみょうingenious

Source: JMdict entry 1528490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.