妙|みょうmyou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. na-adjective, nounstrange; weird; odd; curious
   彼かれは自分じぶんの妙みょうな行動こうどうについて明確めいかくに説明せつめいはしなかった。↗

   He offered no specific explanation for his strange behavior.
2. noun, na-adjectivewonder; mystery; miracle; excellence
3. noun, na-adjectivecleverness; adroitness; knack; skill
   彼かれは生徒せいとを教おしえる事ことに妙みょうをえている。↗

   He is skillful in teaching pupils.

• Synonym風変わりふうがわりNeutralDescribes a person or thing whose character or appearance stands out from the usual; not necessarily negative.
• Synonym変へんNeutralThe everyday word for strange or not right; 「妙」 is slightly more written and can also mean skillful or excellent.
• Synonym奇怪きかいWrittenLeans written; bizarre and grotesque, often suggesting something abnormal or suspicious.
• SynonymおかしいNeutralCovers both funny and not right; 「妙」 carries no sense of humor.
• Synonym奇妙きみょうNeutralStrange and mysterious; interchangeable with 「妙」 in its strange sense, and the more common choice.
• Synonym異様いようNeutralUnlike anything ordinary; often carries an unsettling feel.
• Synonym変わったかわったNeutralA prenominal for distinctive or special; fairly neutral and can suggest curiosity rather than oddness.
• Synonym怪しいあやしいNeutralSuspicious or unreliable; 「妙」 stresses unusualness and does not imply suspicion.
• Synonym珍妙ちんみょうNeutralBizarre in a laughable way, as in 「珍妙な格好」.
• Synonym不思議ふしぎNeutralMysterious and beyond explanation, with a mystical feel; 「妙」 points to an indefinable oddness.
• Synonym奇異きいWrittenWritten style for something strange, as in 「奇異に感じる」.
• Synonym怪奇かいきNeutralWeird and eerie; mostly in horror or occult contexts, as in 「怪奇小説」.
• SynonymおかしなNeutralA prenominal meaning strange or funny, as in 「おかしな話」.
• Synonym奇態きたいWrittenWritten and rare; describes something bizarre and out of the ordinary, with a sense of rarity. 「奇妙」 is the usual word here.
• SynonymへんてこりんCasualColloquial; something bizarre and hard to make sense of, often with a comic or mocking edge.
• Synonym奇々怪々ききかいかいWrittenA four-character idiom for something extremely bizarre; the tone is strong.
• SynonymけったいCasualKansai dialect for odd or strange, with a playful flavor.
• Synonym妙ちきりんみょうちきりんCasualColloquial; bizarre in a way you cannot explain, with a comic touch.
• Synonym奇きWrittenWritten style for the peculiar or unconventional, as in 「奇をてらう」.
• SynonymへんちくりんCasualColloquial; strange in a funny way, used teasingly.
• Synonym怪異かいいWrittenWritten style for strange phenomena or monsters, with an occult flavor.
• Synonym面妖めんようWrittenAn old-fashioned way to say mysterious or strange, heard mainly in period dramas.
• Synonym一種異様いっしゅいようNeutralAn indefinable weirdness; describes an unusual atmosphere.
• Antonym凡ぼんNeutralAn adverb meaning roughly or on the whole; not a true antonym of 「妙」, so do not use it for plain or ordinary.

Use 「妙」 for a strangeness you cannot quite put into words, or for something masterly and excellent. For everyday strangeness pick 「変」; for the mysterious and inexplicable, 「不思議」; for suspicion, 「怪しい」; for simply being different, 「変わった」. 「奇妙」 swaps in for 「妙」 when it means strange and is more common; 「可笑しい」 adds a sense of something being funny.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （みょう）普通ふつうでない。道理どうりに合あわない。不思議ふしぎだ。奇妙きみょうだ。
2. （みょう）巧たくみであること。優すぐれていること。