Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, two adult siblings sit beside their elderly father, who holds the keys to his car tightly against his knee. One sibling leans forward with an open hand and a concerned expression, carefully raising the question of giving up driving.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

デリケート

derikeeto

delicate, sensitive

Used of issues that require tact. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

それはデリケートな点てんです。
That’s a delicate point.
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家族かぞくの話題わだいは、時ときにとてもデリケートだ。
Sometimes, family topics are very sensitive.
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大統領だいとうりょうはそのデリケートな質問しつもんに答こたえる事ことをやんわりと拒否きょひした。
The president declined to answer the delicate question.
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