How to say "miraculous" in Japanese

• 不思議ふしぎJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers the wondrous, incredible sense of miraculous: something that happens against all expectation and defies explanation, leaving the speaker marveling. It stresses mystery and wonder, not skill or fine quality.
  この刀かたなには不思議ふしぎないわれがある。↗

  This sword has a strange history.
• 絶妙ぜつみょうCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveHere miraculous means almost unbelievably apt or well executed — exquisite, superb, perfect. It praises how finely something is done or judged, and is not the word for strange, inexplicable marvels.

Use 不思議 for the miraculous in the sense of the wondrous and inexplicable, a marvel you cannot account for; use 絶妙 when miraculous means exquisitely, almost unbelievably well done, praising perfect quality or execution rather than mystery.

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• 不思議ふしぎwonderful
• 絶妙ぜつみょうexquisite
• 霊妙れいみょうmiraculous
• 奇跡的きせきてきmiraculous
• 霊験あらたかれいげんあらたかmiraculous