魅み了りょう

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Meanings

A verbal noun most often used as 魅了する or 魅了される. It means to hold someone spellbound or make them strongly absorbed; standalone noun use is more abstract and less common than 魅力.

彼かれの演えん奏そうは聴ちょう衆しゅうを魅み了りょうした。
His performance captivated the audience.
初はじめて見みたオーロラにすっかり魅み了りょうされた。
I was completely fascinated by the aurora I saw for the first time.
ファンを魅み了りょうしてやまない名めい作さくだ。
It is a masterpiece that never ceases to captivate fans.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を魅み了りょうするto captivate someone
彼かれの演えん技ぎは観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうした。
His performance captivated the audience.
〈物もの〉に魅み了りょうされるto be captivated by something
彼かの女じょはその美うつくしい景色けしきに魅み了りょうされた。
She was captivated by the beautiful scenery.

Kanji

魅fascination, charm, bewitch
了complete, finish

Related words· 9

魅み力りょくN3
魅力 is the broad, common noun for charm or appeal, while 魅了 focuses on the act or effect of captivating someone, as in 魅了する.
魅み惑わくN1
魅惑 and 魅了 both mean to captivate or bewitch someone, but 魅惑 often carries a stronger sense of alluring or seductive charm.
引ひき付つけるN1
引きつける is a more general verb for attracting attention or interest, whereas 魅了する implies a stronger, often emotional or aesthetic captivation.
魅みする
魅了する is the common, neutral verb for captivating someone, while 魅する is a more literary and concise expression with the same meaning.

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心こころを奪うばわれるN1
魅了する is a formal, literary verb meaning 'to captivate', while 心を奪われる is a vivid passive expression describing one's heart being stolen by something.
惹ひく
惹く means to catch someone's attention or interest, while 魅了する means to captivate them completely, implying a much stronger emotional pull.
惹ひかれるN1
魅了する describes a stronger, more captivating fascination that seizes one's attention, while 惹かれる expresses a softer, personal feeling of being drawn to someone or something.
見み入いる
魅了する is a transitive verb meaning to actively charm or captivate someone, while 見入る (written 魅入る) is intransitive and usually describes the passive experience of being captivated.
捕とらえるN2
魅了する directly means to captivate or fascinate someone, while 捉える (as in 心を捉える) implies the same idea more indirectly through the image of 'seizing' the heart.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese kanji compound read with on'yomi. 魅 is associated with charm or bewitching; no precise historical derivation beyond the conventional kanji spelling is asserted here.

Related words· 9

魅み力りょくN3
魅力 is the broad, common noun for charm or appeal, while 魅了 focuses on the act or effect of captivating someone, as in 魅了する.
魅み惑わくN1
魅惑 and 魅了 both mean to captivate or bewitch someone, but 魅惑 often carries a stronger sense of alluring or seductive charm.
引ひき付つけるN1
引きつける is a more general verb for attracting attention or interest, whereas 魅了する implies a stronger, often emotional or aesthetic captivation.
魅みする
魅了する is the common, neutral verb for captivating someone, while 魅する is a more literary and concise expression with the same meaning.

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心こころを奪うばわれるN1
魅了する is a formal, literary verb meaning 'to captivate', while 心を奪われる is a vivid passive expression describing one's heart being stolen by something.
惹ひく
惹く means to catch someone's attention or interest, while 魅了する means to captivate them completely, implying a much stronger emotional pull.
惹ひかれるN1
魅了する describes a stronger, more captivating fascination that seizes one's attention, while 惹かれる expresses a softer, personal feeling of being drawn to someone or something.
見み入いる
魅了する is a transitive verb meaning to actively charm or captivate someone, while 見入る (written 魅入る) is intransitive and usually describes the passive experience of being captivated.
捕とらえるN2
魅了する directly means to captivate or fascinate someone, while 捉える (as in 心を捉える) implies the same idea more indirectly through the image of 'seizing' the heart.