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鋭い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	鋭するどい	鋭するどくない
Polite	鋭するどいです	鋭するどくないですalso 鋭するどくありません
Past polite	鋭するどかったです	鋭するどくなかったですalso 鋭するどくありませんでした
Past	鋭するどかった	鋭するどくなかった
Te-form	鋭するどくて	鋭するどくなくて
Adverbial	鋭するどく
Conditional	鋭するどければ	鋭するどくなければ
Tara conditional	鋭するどかったら	鋭するどくなかったら

Meanings

Physical sharpness of blades, claws, points, etc.

Used for pain, tone, remarks, criticism, attacks, questions, looks, gazes, and sounds that are intense, harsh, or penetrating.

Describes sharp mental faculties, intuition, senses, insight, or discerning judgment.

〈物もの〉の刃はが鋭するどいthe blade of ~ is sharp
このナイフの刃はは鋭するどい。
This knife's blade is sharp.
鋭するどい目めつきで〈人ひと〉を見みるto look at someone with a sharp, piercing gaze
彼かれは鋭するどい目めつきで彼かの女じょを見みた。
He looked at her with a piercing gaze.
〈場ば所しょ〉に鋭するどい痛いたみが走はしるa sharp pain shoots through (a place)
胸むねに鋭するどい痛いたみが走はしった。
A sharp pain shot through my chest.
鋭するどい指し摘てきをするto make a sharp, incisive observation
彼かれは会かい議ぎで鋭するどい指し摘てきをした。
He made an incisive point at the meeting.
鋭するどい口く調ちょうで言いうto say something in a sharp, cutting tone
母ははは鋭するどい口く調ちょうで注ちゅう意いした。
My mother warned me in a sharp tone.
鋭するどい勘かんが働はたらくto have a sharp intuition kick in
彼かの女じょは鋭するどい勘かんで犯はん人にんを見み抜ぬいた。
She used her sharp intuition to spot the culprit.

鋭えい利り sense 1
鋭利 is a more formal, literary word used almost exclusively for the physical sharpness of blades or points, while 鋭い is the everyday word covering that plus mental and sensory sharpness.
痛つう烈れつN1sense 2
痛烈 describes criticism or remarks as scathing and severe, whereas 鋭い emphasizes the piercing, cutting quality of the words or tone itself.
さとい sense 3
聡い focuses on quick, keen understanding or perceptiveness of mind, close to 鋭い used for sharp intuition or insight but without any physical or intensity sense.
シャープN1
シャープ is a loanword often used for sleek, clear, or precise things like design or sound, while 鋭い is the native word for physical sharpness or keen perception.

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目めざといN1
鋭い covers sharpness broadly (knives, minds, glances), while 目ざとい is specifically about noticing things visually or waking easily.
尖とがるN2
鋭い is a broader adjective for sharpness (blade, mind, senses), while 尖る specifically describes something becoming pointed in shape or a person becoming tense/edgy.
甲かん高だかい
鋭い broadly means 'sharp' (edges, senses, minds), whereas 甲高い is limited to a sharp, high-pitched sound.
鋭えい敏びん
鋭い is a common i-adjective covering sharpness of blades, eyes, or minds, while 鋭敏 is a more formal na-adjective often used in technical or descriptive compounds.
敏びん感かんN1
鋭い emphasizes sharpness of perception, intuition, or intellect, whereas 敏感 focuses on quick, often physical or automatic responsiveness to stimuli.
冴さえるN1
鋭い is an adjective meaning sharp or keen (as in intellect or senses), while 冴える is a verb describing the state of becoming or being mentally sharp.
機き敏びんN1
鋭い means sharp in perception or intellect, but 機敏 adds the nuance of prompt, practical action rather than just insight.

鈍にぶいN3
鈍い means dull or blunt in shape, sensation, or mind, the direct opposite of 鋭い in all three senses.

険けわしいN2sense 2
険しい describes a steep, harsh, or severe look/terrain, while 鋭い describes a piercing sharpness in a gaze or tone, so 険しい表情 and 鋭い表情 overlap but are not identical.

The modern adjective continues classical するどし, “sharp, pointed; keen.” 鋭 is its conventional semantic spelling.