微妙|びみょうbimyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounsubtle; delicate; fine
   その２つの絵えには微妙びみょうな違ちがいがある。↗

   There are subtle differences between the two pictures.
2. na-adjective, noundifficult; complex; tricky; delicate (situation, position, etc.); close (e.g. decision)
   その顧客こきゃくの苦情くじょうは微妙びみょうな問題もんだいに関かかわるものだった。↗

   The customer's complaint was about a sensitive issue.
3. na-adjective, noundoubtful; questionable; dicey
   トムが次つぎのオリンピックに出場しゅつじょうできるかどうかは微妙びみょうだ。↗

   There are doubts as to whether or not Tom will be able to participate in the next Olympics.
4. na-adjective, nounnot great; iffyoft. ビミョー
5. na-adjective, nounslightly; somewhat; a little bitadverbially as ～に

• SynonymデリケートNeutralA loanword meaning sensitive or delicate — skin, touchy topics; close to 「微妙」 for problems that are tricky to handle.
• Related難しいむずかしいNeutralCovers difficulty in a broad sense — hard to do or understand; 「微妙」 is about fine differences and things hard to judge or hard to call good or bad.
• Antonym明白めいはくWrittenWritten/formal word for something plainly clear and beyond doubt — the opposite of the ambiguous 「微妙」.
• Antonym明瞭めいりょうWrittenWritten/formal word for clear and distinct, as in 「明瞭な発音」; contrasts with 「微妙」, which is hard to state clearly.
• Antonym単純たんじゅんNeutralMeans simple and uncomplicated — the reverse of the tangled, hard-to-judge 「微妙」.

Default to 「微妙」 for fine differences, hard-to-judge calls, or things you can't quite call good or bad. Use 「難しい」 for plain difficulty and 「デリケート」 for sensitive issues; 「明白」, 「明瞭」 and 「単純」 are the clear/simple opposites.

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1. （やや古いにしえ）物事ものごとが何なんともいえないぐらい趣おもむき深ふかく優すぐれていること。精妙せいみょう。
2. 差さが小ちいさいこと。少すこし。わずか。微細びさい。
3. はっきりと言いえないぐらい状態じょうたいが細こまかく複雑ふくざつなこと。分わかりにくいこと。不透明ふとうめいなこと。
4. いいとも悪わるいとも判別はんべつしがたいこと。（婉曲えんきょくに）どちらかと言いえばよくない、今いまひとつだ、疑うたがわしい。
5. 繊細せんさいで扱あつかいにくい。難むずかしい。気きまずい。