微妙 (Bimyou) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “subtle, delicate, fine, difficult”.
Meanings
- na-adjective, nounsubtle; delicate; fine
- na-adjective, noundifficult; complex; tricky; delicate (situation, position, etc.); close (e.g. decision)
- na-adjective, noundoubtful; questionable; dicey
- na-adjective, nounnot great; iffyoft. ビミョー
- na-adjective, nounslightly; somewhat; a little bitadverbially as ～に
Examples
非常に微妙な状況だった。
That was a very delicate situation.
私はかなり微妙な立場にある。
I find myself in a rather delicate situation.
二人の考えには微妙な違いがあった。
There was a subtle difference between their views.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).