First opened Thursday, July 29, 2021
巧妙
こうみょう
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
ingenious, skillful, clever
Taken apart
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In a sentence
人工内耳は技術的に巧妙な機器です。
The cochlea implant is a technically ingenious device.
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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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.