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驚異的 (きょういてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

驚きょう異い的てき

きょ

う

い

て

き

Meanings

1

wonderful; astounding; marvelous

Describes something so impressive or extraordinary that it inspires wonder or amazement. Often used for achievements, progress, or natural phenomena.

彼かれの驚きょう異い

的てき

な

記き

憶おく

力りょく

に

は

誰だれ

も

が

驚おどろ

かさ

れる

。

Everyone is amazed by his astounding memory.

医い学がくの驚きょう異い的てきな進しん歩ぽによって多おおくの命いのちが救すくわれている。

Many lives are being saved thanks to the marvelous advances in medicine.

Usage patterns

驚きょう異い的てきな〈事こと〉astounding [achievement/growth/etc.]
その企き業ぎょうは驚きょう異い的てきな成せい長ちょうを遂とげた。
The company achieved astounding growth.
驚きょう異い的てきなスピードで〈動どう詞し〉to do something at an astounding speed
彼かれは驚きょう異い的てきなスピードで問もん題だいを解といた。
He solved the problems at an astounding speed.
驚きょう異い的てきな回かい復ふくを〈動どう詞し〉to make an astounding recovery
選せん手しゅは手しゅ術じゅつ後ご、驚きょう異い的てきな回かい復ふくを見みせた。
The athlete showed an astounding recovery after surgery.

Kanji

驚wonder, be surprised, frightened
異uncommon, different, queerness
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

驚おどろくべき
驚くべき is a more direct 'surprising/shocking' modifier, while 驚異的 stresses a sense of wonder at an extraordinary quality.
素す晴ばらしいN4
素晴らしい is a common everyday i-adjective for 'wonderful/splendid', whereas 驚異的 is more formal and highlights the astonishing, almost miraculous scale of something.
目め覚ざましいN2
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.
奇き跡せき的てきN1
奇跡的 frames something as miraculous or against the odds, while 驚異的 simply marks it as astonishingly impressive without implying it was against probability.

Opposites

平へい凡ぼんN2
平凡 describes something ordinary and unremarkable, the opposite of 驚異的, which describes something astounding.

Built from

驚きょう異い+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 驚異 (kyōi, 'wonder/miracle') + 的 (-teki, '-like/-ic'). The suffix 的 forms adjectival nouns from nouns, giving the meaning 'of or pertaining to wonder'.