JLPT N1 · な-adjective

巧妙 (koumyou)

巧妙 (こうみょう, koumyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “ingenious; skillful”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こうみょう
Romaji: koumyou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

あのピアニストは巧妙でよく知られている。

That pianist is known for his skill.

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

Conjugation of 巧妙

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	巧妙だ	こうみょうだ koumyouda
Present (polite)	巧妙です	こうみょうです koumyoudesu
Negative	巧妙じゃない	こうみょうじゃない koumyoujanai
Past	巧妙だった	こうみょうだった koumyoudatta
Negative past	巧妙じゃなかった	こうみょうじゃなかった koumyoujanakatta
Te-form	巧妙で	こうみょうで koumyoude
Before a noun	巧妙な	こうみょうな koumyouna
Adverb (~ni)	巧妙に	こうみょうに koumyouni

Kanji in 巧妙

巧

adroit, skilled, ingenuityコウ・たく.み・たく.む · 5 strokes

妙

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 巧妙.

精巧せいこうelaborate巧みたくみskillful妙みょうstrange奇妙きみょうstrange微妙びみょうsubtle

Source: JMdict entry 1278340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.