JLPT N1 · な-adjective

神秘 (shinpi)

神秘 (しんぴ, shinpi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “mystery; mysteriousness”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんぴ
Romaji: shinpi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

mystery; mysteriousness; secret · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の

Example sentences

その夢は私には神秘だった。

The dream was a mystery to me.

Tatoeba #206585

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

Conjugation of 神秘

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	神秘だ	しんぴだ shinpida
Present (polite)	神秘です	しんぴです shinpidesu
Negative	神秘じゃない	しんぴじゃない shinpijanai
Past	神秘だった	しんぴだった shinpidatta
Negative past	神秘じゃなかった	しんぴじゃなかった shinpijanakatta
Te-form	神秘で	しんぴで shinpide
Before a noun	神秘な	しんぴな shinpina
Adverb (~ni)	神秘に	しんぴに shinpini

Kanji in 神秘

神

gods, mind, soulシン・ジン・かみ・かん- · 9 strokes

秘

secret, concealヒ・ひ.める・ひそ.か · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 神秘.

神社じんじゃShinto shrine神かみgod神経しんけいnerve精神せいしんmind神様かみさまGod神話しんわmyth神聖しんせいholiness神殿しんでんtemple秘密ひみつsecret秘書ひしょ(private) secretary

Source: JMdict entry 1364830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.