甘美|かんびkanbi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- na-adjective, nounsweet (taste); luscious
- na-adjective, nounsweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant; mellow; mellifluous
Conjugation
| Plain form | 甘美（かんび） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 甘美です（かんびです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 甘美ではない（かんびではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 甘美ではありません（かんびではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 甘美だった（かんびだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 甘美ではなかった（かんびではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 甘美で（かんびで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 甘美に（かんびに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 甘美なら（かんびなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related好ましいこのましいNeutralNeutral word for something pleasing or agreeable; it judges whether something is good or desirable, without the sweet, intoxicating feel of 「甘美」.
- Antonym苦渋くじゅうWrittenWritten-language word for bitterness or anguish, as in 「苦渋の決断」; the opposite of the sweet, alluring 「甘美」.
Use 「甘美」 for sweet, enticing, intoxicating things, often in literary phrases like 「甘美な誘惑」 or 「甘美な調べ」. For simply desirable or agreeable, use 「好ましい」; 「苦渋」 is its opposite.
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