Illustration: At a Japanese model-making workshop, a craftsperson uses fine tweezers to place a tiny gear inside a palm-sized mechanical crane. Its open housing reveals closely fitted gears, miniature pulleys, and a neatly wound cable.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

精せい巧こう

seikou

intricate, finely made

Example sentences

その機械きかいは精巧せいこうに出来できているので、すぐ壊こわれる。
The machine is so delicate that it easily breaks.
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彼かれはその恐竜きょうりゅうの精巧せいこうな縮小模型しゅくしょうもけいをじっと見みつめた。
He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.
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トムの作つくった切きり紙がみのクワガタは、今いまにも動うごき出だしそうなほど精巧せいこうな出来上できあがりだった。
Tom’s kirigami stag beetle was of such fine workmanship that it looked like it would start moving at any moment.
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Kanji in 精巧

精refined; ghostOnセイ・ショウKunしらげる・くわしい
巧adroit; skilledOnコウKunたくみ・たくむ・うまい

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