目め覚ざましい

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目覚ましい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	目め覚ざましい	目め覚ざましくない
Polite	目め覚ざましいです	目め覚ざましくないですalso 目め覚ざましくありません
Past polite	目め覚ざましかったです	目め覚ざましくなかったですalso 目め覚ざましくありませんでした
Past	目め覚ざましかった	目め覚ざましくなかった
Te-form	目め覚ざましくて	目め覚ざましくなくて
Adverbial	目め覚ざましく
Conditional	目め覚ざましければ	目め覚ざましくなければ
Tara conditional	目め覚ざましかったら	目め覚ざましくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

remarkable; striking; outstanding

Describes something that is impressively good, noticeable, or exceptional, often used for achievements, progress, or natural phenomena.

彼かの女じょの日本にほん語ごの上じょう達たつは目め覚ざましい。
Her progress in Japanese is remarkable.
この地ち域いきの経けい済ざい発はっ展てんは目め覚ざましいものがある。
The economic development of this region is striking.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が目め覚ざましい(something's) progress/growth is remarkable
この一いち年ねんで彼かの女じょの成せい長ちょうが目め覚ざましい。
Her growth over the past year has been remarkable.
目め覚ざましい発はっ展てんを遂とげるto achieve remarkable development
この地ち域いきは目め覚ざましい発はっ展てんを遂とげた。
This region has achieved remarkable development.
目め覚ざましい効こう果かを上あげるto produce remarkable results/effects
新あたらしい治ち療りょう法ほうは目め覚ざましい効こう果かを上あげている。
The new treatment is producing remarkable results.

Kanji

目eye, class, look
覚memorize, learn, remember
醒awake, be disillusioned, sober up

Related words

素す晴ばらしいN4
素晴らしい is a broad, everyday word for 'wonderful' or 'splendid', while 目覚ましい specifically highlights striking, often rapid improvement or achievement.
著いちじるしいN2
著しい means 'remarkable' or 'conspicuous' and can describe both good and bad changes, whereas 目覚ましい is almost always used in a positive sense.
顕けん著ちょN1
顕著 is a formal, often neutral term for 'notable' or 'marked' used in reports and analysis, while 目覚ましい carries an admiring tone for impressive progress.
驚きょう異い的てきN1
目覚ましい describes remarkable, striking progress or improvement, while 驚異的 conveys a stronger sense of jaw-dropping wonder that can apply to feats, records, or natural phenomena.
華はな々ばなしいN1
目覚ましい highlights remarkable, eye-opening progress or improvement, while 華々しい focuses on grand, showy splendor.

Word family

目め覚ざましN2
alarm clock · waking up; keeping awake · early-morning treat; wake-up sweet
目め覚ざまし時計どけいN3
alarm clock

Written forms

目め覚ざましいUsage29%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency and priority.
めざましいUsage47%
目めざましいUsage16%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form mixing kanji and kana; not a standard spelling.
目覚めざましいUsage7%
Variant spelling omitting the okurigana ま; less common but still encountered.
目醒めざましいUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form using 醒; rare and not recommended for general use.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 目覚める (to wake up) with the adjectival suffix しい, originally meaning 'eye-opening' or 'startling', which evolved to mean 'remarkable' or 'striking'.