Illustration: At a small traditional confectionery counter, a craftsperson sets down a freshly made nerikiri sweet shaped into a flower just beginning to open. Its thin petals overlap with remarkably even spacing, and a tiny central fold gives the soft confection a convincing sense of movement.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

絶ぜつ妙みょう

zetsumyou

exquisite, superb

Example sentences

  1. あるものはこの日本にっぽんで用もちいられている黒くろい漆塗うるしぬりの窓まどが配はいされた白壁しらかべであり、これが絶妙ぜつみょうな美うつくしさを持もっている。

    One floor had Japan’s traditional white plaster wall with black lacquered windows, which created exquisite beauty.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. それ以降いこうは蓋ふたをせずに両表面りょうひょうめんをカリッと焼やき上あげれば、中なかはふわっとしたままの、絶妙ぜつみょうな焼やき上あがりのお好このみ焼やきが出来上できあがる。

    Then, cook both surfaces until crispy with the lid off and then the okonomiyaki, with the inside fluffy, will be cooked up well.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この絶妙ぜつみょうな味あじさいこー!

    This flavor is absolutely perfect!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 絶妙

  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ
  • 妙exquisite; strangeOnミョウ・ビョウKunたえ

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