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素晴らしい
Meaning in Englishwonderful, excellent, splendid
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What it means
素晴らしい means something that is excellent or remarkable, inspiring strong admiration; it describes things, performances, or landscapes that stand out in quality or beauty.
Main meanings
- exceptional quality or beauty that provokes admiration
- emotional resonance, often used as an exclamatory praise
- applied to people or actions to denote outstanding achievement
- more intense than merely good, close to 'awesome' in casual speech
How to use it
Used across formal and informal contexts to praise objects, performances, places, or experiences. It typically precedes a noun or modifies a noun directly in sentences and can appear in exclamations as a standalone statement; in writing, it conveys strong admiration without hyperbole, while in conversation it can express enthusiastic praise.
Variants and close terms
- 素敵 (suteki) – lovely, attractive
- 見事 (migoto) – splendid, admirable
- すごい (sugoi) – amazing, awesome
- ひどい (hidoi) – terrible
- 平凡 (heibon) – ordinary
Composition
- 素 = plain, simple; 晴 = clear, bright; らしい = suffix indicating appearance, giving an adjective sense; together they form a meaning that extends to 'clear and bright' and by metaphor to 'wonderful'
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i-adjective (形容詞)
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元素
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element
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kanso
simplicity, plain
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素早い
subayai
fast, quick
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晴天
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fine weather
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素材
sozai
raw materials, subject matter
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素っ気無い
sokkenai
cold, short, curt, blunt
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素朴
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simplicity, artlessness, naivety
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炭素
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carbon (C)
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質素
shisso
simplicity, modesty, frugality
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