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神秘的 (shinpiteki) Japanese meaning: mysterious | Kotomora

神しん秘ぴ的てき

し

ん

ぴ

て

き

Meanings

1

mysterious; mystical

Describes something that feels beyond ordinary understanding, often with a spiritual, awe-inspiring, or uncanny quality.

この森もりには神しん秘ぴ的てきな雰ふん囲い気きがある。

This forest has a mysterious atmosphere.

彼かの女じょの微笑ほほえみは神しん秘ぴ的てきだった。

Her smile was mystical.

Usage patterns

神秘的しんぴてきな体験たいけんをするto have a mystical experience
山やまの中なかで神しん秘ぴ的てきな体たい験けんをした。
I had a mystical experience in the mountains.
神秘的しんぴてきな力ちからを持もつto possess a mystical power
この石いしは神しん秘ぴ的てきな力ちからを持もつと言いわれている。
This stone is said to possess a mystical power.
〈物もの〉〉が神秘的しんぴてきに見みえるfor something to look mysterious
月つきの光ひかりの下もとで湖みずうみが神しん秘ぴ的てきに見みえた。
Under the moonlight, the lake looked mysterious.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
秘secret, conceal
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

不ふ思し議ぎN4
不思議 conveys everyday wonder or curiosity, while 神秘的 points to a deeper, often spiritual or awe-inspiring mystery.
幻げん想そう的てき
幻想的 highlights a dreamlike, fantastical beauty, whereas 神秘的 stresses an unexplainable, often sacred or uncanny depth.
ミステリアス
ミステリアス is a casual loanword often used for people or moods, while 神秘的 is the standard Japanese word and can describe places, objects, and phenomena as well.
エキゾチック
神秘的 emphasizes a mysterious, otherworldly quality, whereas エキゾチック focuses on foreignness or cultural difference.
怪かい奇きN1
神秘的 highlights an awe-inspiring, mystical quality, while 怪奇 leans more toward the unsettling or grotesque side of the mysterious.

Opposites

平へい凡ぼんN2
平凡 describes something ordinary and unremarkable, the opposite of the awe-inspiring strangeness of 神秘的.

Don't confuse with

神しん聖せいN1
神聖 means sacred or holy (a moral/religious purity), while 神秘的 means mysterious or mystical (an unexplainable quality); they share the kanji 神 but describe different things.

Word family

神しん秘ぴ的てき雰ふん囲い気き
mystique; mysterious aura

Built from

神しん秘ぴ+的てき

Etymology

From 神秘 (しんぴ, 'mystery') + 的 (てき, '-like, -tic'). 神秘 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 神 (しん, 'god, spirit') and 秘 (ひ, 'secret').