機微

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
機	微
き Grade: 4	び Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) きび [kíꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲibʲi]

Noun edit

機(き)微(び) • (kibi)

subtleness, receptivity, sensibility, sensitivity, delicateness, nuance, nuanced subtlety
人(にん)情(じょう)の機微(きび)に通(つう)じている
ninjō no kibi ni tsūjite iru
to understand the subtleties of human nature

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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