subtle
英検準1級微妙な・かすかな
意味
- (知覚しにくいほど)かすかな,ほのかな,微妙な
- (頭脳・感覚などが)鋭い
- ずるい,こうかつな
- 難解な
- 巧みな,精巧な
例文
There was a subtle difference between their views.
二人の考えには微妙な違いがあった。
There is a subtle difference between the two words.
その２語の間には微妙な違いがある。
There are subtle differences between the two things.
その二つの事の間には微妙な違いがある。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The adjective is derived from Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil (“of a person, the mind, etc.: clever, ingenious, penetrating; cunning, sly; insidious; delicate, fine; not dense, light, thin; finely powdered; narrow, slender; etc.”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman sotel, subtil, sutil, Middle French soutil, subtil, sutil, and Old French sotil, soutil, subtil, sutil (“of an object: skilfully designed or made; delicate, fine; slender, thin; of an intangible thing: difficult to understand; of a person: discerning, shrewd; devious, sly; etc.”) (modern French subtil), from Latin subtīlis (“of texture: delicate, fine; slender, thin; accurate, keen; having fine judgment; etc.”), from sub (“below, u…
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