素敵な（すてきな、sutekina）
- lovely/wonderful
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Japanese:
Kana:
SUTEKI
素敵
すてき
NA
な
な
素敵な (すてきな, romaji: sutekina) means "lovely/wonderful" in Japanese. It is a N2 Mid-level Na-Adjective word.
| Meaning: | lovely/wonderful |
| Level: | N2 Mid |
| Lexical Category: | Na-Adjective (ナ形容詞) |
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Adjective Conjugation
Basic Conjugation
Dict-form (辞書形) | すてきな素敵な |
Polite-form (丁寧形) | 素敵です。 |
Connect-form (連用形) | 素敵に + <Verb> |
Not-form (否定形) | 素敵じゃない |
Advanced Conjugation
Past-form (過去形) | 素敵だった |
Terminal-form (終止形) | 素敵だ。 |
If-form (仮定形) | 素敵ならば |
Noun-form (名詞形) | 素敵さ |
AI Explanation
The Japanese word 素敵な means "wonderful," "lovely," "fantastic," "great," or "nice." It expresses a sense of admiration, appreciation, or delight towards something or someone. It implies that the subject is visually appealing, pleasant, or impressive. 素敵な is an adjective, specifically a "na-adjective," meaning it requires the particle "na" before a noun.
⚫︎素敵なドレスですね。 Translation: That's a wonderful dress, isn't it? ⚫︎素敵な音楽をありがとう！ Translation: Thank you for the wonderful music! ⚫︎ 彼女はとても素敵な人です。 Translation: She is a very nice person.
⚫︎ Use 素敵な when you want to express that something or someone is agreeable, pleasing, or of high quality. ⚫︎ It can describe a wide range of things, from objects and events to people and places. ⚫︎ Since it's a "na-adjective", you need to use "na" when modifying a noun. For example, 素敵な人 (素敵なひと) means "a wonderful person." ⚫︎ You can use 素敵 (the stem form) to modify verbs. ⚫︎ The level of formality is relatively casual to polite, suitable for everyday conversation.
⚫︎ 素敵な is typically written in hiragana as すてきな. ⚫︎ The kanji form 素敵 exists, but it's less common, and it is followed by the hiragana な to function as an adjective. ⚫︎ There are no variations in the okurigana. The な is always present when modifying a noun. The stem 素敵 is used before です/だ.
⚫︎ 素晴らしい (subarashii) - wonderful, splendid, great ⚫︎ 良い (yoi / ii) - good, nice ⚫︎ きれいな (kirei na) - beautiful, pretty, clean ⚫︎ 素晴らしい (subarashii) - great, wonderful ⚫︎ 素晴らしい (sugoi) - amazing, great
⚫︎ 悪い (warui) - bad ⚫︎ つまらない (tsumaranai) - boring, uninteresting ⚫︎ 酷い (hidoi) - terrible, awful
昨日のパーティーはとても素敵でした。 ・Translation: Yesterday's party was wonderful. ・Explanation: The adjective 素敵 (stem form) is followed by the polite past tense copula でした to describe the party.
素敵なプレゼントをありがとう！ ・Translation: Thank you for the wonderful present! ・Explanation: The adjective 素敵な, followed by the noun プレゼント (present).
The etymology of 素敵 is not definitively known, but it is believed to have originated from the idea of something being "different" or "unusual," which then evolved to mean "charming" or "wonderful." It is constructed from the word 素 (su, which means "plain" or "unadorned") and 敵 (teki, which means "rival," "opponent"). This composition does not carry any specific meaning in the modern usage of 素敵.