Onna (女) The word onna is one of the most general and simplified terms used to refer to women and is commonly used in official documents and forms when specifying one’s gender. When you want to tell someone “you are beautiful”, you can say “Anata wa Kirei desu”, or “Anata wa totemo Kirei” to mean ‘you are very beautiful’. How do you tell a girl she is beautiful in Japanese? Miyu can mean both “beautiful moon” or “beautiful connection” and “beautiful kindness”. Misato is popular Japanese which means “beautiful” or “beautiful knowledge” or “beautiful village”. This short and sweet Japanese name means “beautiful cherry blossom”. Mayu is a Japanese name meaning “true or gentleness”. Kireina – 綺麗な (きれいな) : a na-adjective meaning ‘beautiful’, ‘clean’, or ‘neat’ in Japanese. 美人 びじん – bijin – beautiful person (beautiful).How do you compliment a girl in Japanese? It is considered that “suteki” using this kanji includes the meanings “not suitable”, “unbearable", “not realized” and the like.Īnd the meaning of “not realized" is thought to be the trigger for using the kanji of “敵（teki, an enemy") which has the same sound.So what does kawaii desu ne mean? Kawaii desu ne means, it’s cute, isn’t it? Or as a Canadian… it’s cute, eh? Trust me, if you spend some time in Japan, you’ll definitely hear this phrase… so even better if you learn it now! What does Anata wa Kawaīdesu mean? The meaning of “適（teki)" is “meet”, “fit”, “conform to”, “match” and the like. In some cases, this word has even more different kanji character as “素適（suteki）” in addition to the “素敵”. One theory is a paraphrase of the word “deki-sugi" (meaning" too good “)".Īnother theory is that the “su" of the word “subarashii (すばらしい、素晴らしい: meaning “splendid", “glorious", “gorgeous", “stunning", etc.)" had a suffix of “teki", and then became a word. There are various theories as to why “enemy" is included in this word. Then, in the Showa era, the kanji began to spread among ordinary people.ĭoesn’t it sound very friendly if it contains kanji meaning “enemy", does it?
It is said that these kanji began to be used in the Taisho era. Originally it was described as “すてき（suteki）" in Hiragana, but in the Meiji era, the word “素的（suteki）" started to be used, and the meaning gradually changed to the one used today.Īs mentioned above, the “敵（teki）” of “素敵（suteki）” used at present means “enemy”. Nowadays, “suteki" is used in the sense of “attractive" or “marvelous", but originally it was not always used in a good meaning. The term was used by the common people and had the meaning of “very", “recklessly", “extremely" and “extraordinary". The origin of “suteki" seems to have various theories.Īccording to the dominant theory, it began to be used as a buzzword in the late Edo period. Kare no sakuhin wa dore mo subarashii desu. Konya no kanojo pafo-mansu wa totemo suteki da. This word can be used in both casual and business situations. More example sentences with “suteki"Įxample sentences using “suteki" are as follows. I like you very much as you are so wonderful. Then, the meanings of the above examples are as follows.
“Suteki" means “attractive", “good-looking", “handsome", “wonderful", “great", “nice", “splendid", “glorious" and so on. In writing “suteki" in kanji, it is “素敵", and the word “敵" means “enemy".
If a Japanese tells you something like the above, you should be pleased. “Suteki" is a word that often appears in Japanese conversations.
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