微妙: 182 Terms and Phrases

• 微妙
• delicate
• subtle
• sensitive
• difficult
• delicate (situation)
• complicated
• doubtful
• questionable
• dicey
• unspeakably wonderful
• nicety
• subtlety
• subtly

• 微妙な
• exquisite
• slight
• subtle
• touchy

• 微妙さ
• nicety

• 微妙に
• subtly

• 複雑微妙
• complex and subtle (delicate)

• 微妙な点
• nicety

• 微妙な考え
• subtlety

• 微妙な動き
• slight movements

• 微妙な違い
• impalpable distinctions

• 微妙な相違
• a subtle difference

• 微妙な情勢
• subtle, delicate and complicated situation

• ～の間の微妙な違い
• fine line between

• 微妙な色彩のぼかし
• subtle gradations in color

• 微妙に目の色が違う。
• Their eye color is slightly different.

• とにかく微妙なんだ。
• -- a very strange one.

• 「事態は実に微妙である。
• 'The circumstances are of great delicacy,

• 非常に微妙な状況だった。
• That was a very delicate situation.

• 諡号は円鑑国師・微妙大師。
• His posthumous Buddhist names were Enkan Kokushi and Bimyo Daishi.

• それは非常に微妙な話題だった
• it was a very sensitive topic

• 私はかなり微妙な立場にある。
• I find myself in a rather delicate situation.

• 僕の立場は非常に微妙なものだ、
• my position is a very strange

• 極端な繊細さと微妙さで発展した
• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• 」と微妙な書きかたをしている。
• He wrote subtly.

• 「微妙な取り扱いを要する仕事だ」
• ``It's a business that needs delicate treatment,''

• 微妙で累積的な有害（特に疾病の）
• subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)

• 意味、意見または態度の微妙な違い
• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• 彼の態度のすべてが微妙に変化した
• his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change

• 微妙な温度差を計測できる水銀温度計
• a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature

• どちらに転ぶか、微妙なところです。
• It's touch and go.

• その２つの絵には微妙な違いがある。
• There are subtle differences between the two pictures.

• その２語の間には微妙な違いがある。
• There is a subtle difference between the two words.

• 二人の考えには微妙な違いがあった。
• There was a subtle difference between their views.

• 簡素な構造による微妙な音色の演奏表現
• Artistic expression with a simple structure of delicate tones

• その言葉には微妙なニュアンスがある。
• This word has a subtle nuance to it.

• 私には問題の微妙な点が理解できない。
• I cannot appreciate the subtleties of the subject.

• 一方、陽成上皇との関係は微妙であった。
• On the other hand, the relationship with the retired Emperor Yozei was tense.

• その二つの事の間には微妙な違いがある。
• There are subtle differences between the two things.

• 茶道と煎茶道では使われ方が微妙に異なる。
• The usages in the sado and sencha tea services are slightly different.

• この形状の差異により音色が微妙に異なる。
• Tone quality is subtly different due to the difference in the shape of tsume.

• 原画と複製とでは色調に微妙な差異がある。
• Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy.

• 細かいこと、小柄であること、微妙であること
• Being fine, small, and delicate.

• ことはじつに微妙なところがありまして――」
• The matter is so very delicate -- ''

• と、ギャツビーが微妙な焦りを見せ、言った。
• said Gatsby, with a touch of panic.

• 調和的な変化との調性の微妙さ−ラルフ・ヒル
• subtleties of harmonic change and tonality- Ralph Hill

• 町民と大学の人々との関係はいつも微妙である
• the relations between town and gown are always sensitive

• 「率直に言って、かなり微妙なところだった」
• 'It was very faint, I admit,'

• 交渉はとても微妙な段階にさしかかっている。
• The negotiations are at a very delicate stage.

• このことは、その微妙な立場を物語っている。
• This fact would reveal their delicate position.

• 卵形塔身は、時代によって形が微妙に変化する。
• The egg-shaped pagodas vary slightly in shape, depending on their respective eras.

• 微妙にその間隔が狭まっているようにも思える。
• He thought, too, that they might have moved a trifle--were somewhat nearer.

• 微妙に働いて、物事を輝かせたり変化させる影響
• an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something

• その二つの語の間には微妙な意味の違いがある。
• There's a subtle difference in meaning between the two words.

• その後、様々な茶書などで構成が微妙に変わった。
• Since then, persons included in the Rikyu shichitetsu varied slightly depending on tea books.

• しかしコーリーは微妙な心の持ち主ではなかった。
• But Corley had not a subtle mind.

• その顧客の苦情は微妙な問題に関わるものだった。
• The customer's complaint was about a sensitive issue.

• エチケットの微妙な部分、あるいは小さな儀礼的行為
• a fine point of etiquette or petty formality

• まことしやかで、過度に微妙で誤解を生むような論証
• argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

• これは微妙な問題であり、僕の調査の範囲は広がった。
• It was a delicate point, and it widened the field of my inquiry.

• では惣領の統制権は強かったのかと言えば、微妙である。
• However, it cannot be said firmly that the regulating right of soryo was stronger.

• ある段階、色調、または音から別のものに微妙に移行する
• pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another

• この頃の将軍家・北条・三浦・安達の関係は微妙である。
• Relations among the Shogun family, the Hojo, Miura and Adachi clans were touchy at that time.

• 全長は記録によって微妙に異なるが、85cm位である。
• The length of the sword is about 85 centimeters, although it varies slightly from record to record.

• 特にその霊が病気に関連をもっている場合は微妙である。
• Especially it is a delicate case when the spirit is related to illness.

• この微妙な点により、調査が広範囲にわたることとなった。
• It was a delicate point, and it widened the field of my inquiry.

• 用語間のように、細かい区別や微妙なところを明らかにする
• mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

• 説得力と微妙な媚によって自分を認めさせ、愛情を得る行為
• the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments

• ジョーンズ先生は英米の語法の微妙な違いにとても敏感である。
• Mr Jones is very sensitive to the nuances of English and American usage.

• 微妙な立場にあったのが後白河法皇の第三皇子・以仁王であった。
• Events had left prince Mochihito, the third son of cloistered emperor Goshirakawa, in quite a precarious position.

• 外の方へ微妙な角度で互い違いに各々ののこぎりの歯を曲げる道具
• a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outward

• けれども事は微妙ゆえ、代理人などに打ち明けることはできません。
• Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.

• 製作された時代・時期によって形態が微妙に変化するのが特徴である。
• Their shapes are slightly different depending on the periods or times when they were built.

• 吾有正法眼蔵、涅槃妙心、実相無相、微妙法門、不立文字、教外別伝。
• You have Shoho-genzo (treasury of the eye of true teaching), Nehan-myoshin, Jisso-muso and Mimyo homon.

• 素材の竹は自然に育ったものなので内径、肉厚がすべて微妙に異なる。
• The material used is naturally-grown bamboo, so the internal diameter and thickness are all slightly different.

• また、その胴の長さと皮の張られた面の直径によって音が微妙に変わる。
• The sound is fine-tuned according to the diameter of the mounted skin and the length of the trunk.

• 空気の流れによって各部分が微妙にバランスをとる、中空に吊られた彫刻
• sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

• しかし、信玄が病死した頃から、信長と家康の関係は微妙に変わり始める。
• However, the relation of Nobunaga and Ieyasu had begun to delicately change after Shingen died of an illness.

• 飯縄権現に対する信仰は各種縁起や祭文により微妙に描写のされ方が異なる。
• Belief in Izuna-gongen is described slightly differently between each engi (writing about the history) and saimon (address to the gods).

• 本状には微妙な情報が含まれており、気分を害することがあるかもしれない。
• This letter contains sensitive information that may offend some people.

• 現在伝わっている直江状はいくつかあり、内容もそれぞれ微妙に異なっている。
• At present, there are several pieces of the Naoejo that have been handed down and its contents vary slightly in each of them.

• 微妙大師授翁宗弼（1296年-1380年）建武中興で後醍醐天皇を諫める。
• Bimyo Daishi Juo Sohitsu (1296 - 1380): Remonstrated Emperor Godaigo in the Kenmu Restoration.

• ロンドンの国務長官の権力は、徐々に、しかし、気付かないほど微妙に増加した
• the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly

• しかし、戦国時代 (日本)を通して、守護である今川氏とは微妙な関係である。
• However, the relationship between the Ii clan and the Imagawa clan who was the Shugo was a delicate one throughout the Sengoku period in Japan.

• その魚の鱗を微妙なピンクに色づける見事な方法はまったく中国独特のものです。
• That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.

• 彼らの好みはやはり「小銀杏」だが、ここでも職業によって微妙に違いが見られる。
• Townspeople were definitely fond of 'Shoicho' hairstyle; however, a slight difference came out according to occupation.

• 私の悟った縁起の法は、甚深微妙にして一般の人々の知り難く悟り難いものである。
• The ｐrinciple of engi which I came to embrace is deeply mysterious and subtle at the same time, and as such, it is hard to grasp and realize its true meaning for an ordinary person.

• 左右の8体はほとんど同形であるが、仔細に見ると作風には微妙な違いが見られる。
• All of the eight right and left flanking statues are essentially the same but closer inspection reveals subtle differences.

• すなわち、現在の日本国の国境線とは微妙にズレた範囲が縄文土器の分布域である。
• In other words, the distribution of the Jomon earthenware is not confined strictly within the border of today's Japan.

• 従って、その日の天気によって微妙に時間をかえなければならないなど、案外難しい。
• Therefore, it is not so easy to do Uchimizu in the evening since we have to subtly change the time depending on the weather of the day.

• 日本の哲学・文化においてはいくつもの微妙に異なる意味を持つ指導的概念であった。
• In terms of Japanese philosophy and culture, it has been a leading concept that has many slightly different meanings.

• この戦線の日付には混乱がみられるので、実際の順序が微妙に異なっていた可能性もある。
• The dates of the battles written in the book are, on the whole, doubtful, so the order of the incidents might have been different.

• その上で、大名家により初官や昇進の早さを微妙に変えるなどして家格の差を生ぜしめた。
• Also the gap between the status of families was created by subtly adjusting their initial posts or the speed of their promotion.

• 微妙な地域差が見出せるものの、列島的規模での規格化の力が働いていることは確かである。
• Although there are slight regional differences, it is certain that the nationwide-scale standardization was implemented.

• 微妙な形の相違によって、「文琳」（ぶんりん）や「尻膨」（しりふくら）などと区別される。
• It is distinguished from 'Bunrin' and 'Shirihukura' on the basis of subtle differences in shape.

• しかれども、事はまことに微妙であるから、代理人をたてれば、弱みを握られたも同然である。
• Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.

• 妙法の「妙」とは微妙（読み：みみょう）の略で、各宗派で唱える開経偈（かいきょうげ）には、
• The letter 'Myo' of 'Myoho' is an abbreviation of 'Mimyo,' which is the term mentioned in Kaikyoge (a verse to recite before intoning a sutra) of any sect of Buddhism, which reads as follows:

• 父の顕輔は、自らと年齢の近い清輔とは微妙な関係にあり、その分重家らに愛情深かったという。
• It is said that his father Akisuke had a rather strained relationship with Kiyosuke, who was closer to his father in age and showed his love to Shigeie and his other children.

• 立螺作法には、当山派・本山派などの修験道各派によって流儀を異にし、吹奏の音色は微妙に違う。
• Styles of ryura saho vary in different branches of shugendo such as Tozan school and Honzan school, thus making each sound slightly different.

• こういう微妙なことがらについては、スキャンダルを防ぐために全力を尽すようにしたいものです」
• We should certainly make every effort to avoid scandal in so delicate a matter.''

• 実験の結果に対する期待を実験参加者に微妙に伝えることができる実験者によって導入された先入観
• bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment

• 「無上深甚微妙法 百千万劫難遭遇」（無上の深甚微妙の法は、百千万劫にも遭遇し難い）とある。
• 無上深甚微妙法 百千万劫難遭遇' (Dharma of Mimyo is the deepest of all, so that it is very hard to encounter with even through millions of years).

• 登り窯を使って焼かれた陶器独特の有機的かつ微妙な仕上がり具合は「景色」と表現されることもある。
• The organic and delicate finish, characteristic of pottery baked in a climbing kiln, is referred to as 'Keshiki' (lit. scenery).

• その通りで、微妙とは味わいや美しさがなんとも表現できず勝れていること、という本来の意味がある。
• As mentioned in the above verse, the term 'Mimyo' had originally implied excellent flavor and beauty beyond expression.

• しかし接待役のこの微妙なところは、たぶん、旺盛な食欲を感じ始めたハンガリー人には効果がなかった。
• but this subtlety of his host was probably lost upon the Hungarian, who was beginning to have a sharp desire for his dinner.

• 兜とは名づけられているものの錦や金襴で華麗に仕立てられ、舞楽の種類によっても微妙に色彩などが違う。
• Although it is called a kabuto (helmet) it is made from gorgeous brocade and baudekin and the colors vary subtly among the different types of gagaku.

• しかし、棚田は山の上と下で農作業時期が微妙に違うため、平地の集落に比べて農業機械の共有化がし易い。
• In the case of Tanada, however, the timing of farm operations differs slightly between the upper part and the lower part of a mountain, so it is easier to share agricultural machines than in lowland villages.

• つまり、近代以前の法観念においては礼銭と賄賂の境界線は微妙で曖昧であったことに留意する必要がある。
• In short, it is necessary to bear in mind that the line between the reisen and bribery was subtle and ambiguous in the legal concepts before the modern era.

• 音程を下げることを「メリ」、微妙に音程を上げることを「カリ」と呼ぶ（「尺八」の奏法も参照されたい）。
• Lowering the scale is called 'meri' (the technique of lowering the chin in conjunction with fingering and breath technique), while slightly raising the scale is called 'kari' (the technique of raising the chin in conjunction with fingering and breath technique) (refer to the 'Playing' section of 'Shakuhachi').

• また、前述の諸本はそれぞれ画風が微妙に異なっており、別々のセットから1巻だけが残ったものと思われる。
• There are also subtle differences in the painting style of each piece, indicating that each Kansubon belonged to separate sets of manuscript.

• 意味は、君主・主君にそむくことである（ただし、厳密には後述のように謀反と謀叛には微妙な差異がある）。
• 'Muhon' means 'betraying one's master' (although there's a slight difference in the meaning of '謀反' and '謀叛' to be exact).

• 平安時代から「知行」の語が使用され始め、以降、各時代ごとに「知行」の意味する範囲は微妙に変化していった。
• Use of the term, chigyo, started during the Heian period, and the range of control indicated by 'chigyo' varied depending on each era.

• ただし、その製法および感性は菓子店、職人によって千差万別であり、微妙な違いがそれぞれの個性になっている。
• However, the technique and sense of manufacture depend on each confectioner and shop, and the sensitive differences show their originality.

• 臨終の時に善知識に遇い、仏の微妙なる法を聞いて、仏を念じようとしても、苦しみに喘ぎ念じることができない。
• At the time of death, they are aware of what good deeds are and faintly listen to teachings of Buddha, and then they try to recite sutra, but they can not do that because of struggling with labored breath.

• 『治承物語』が『平家物語』とタイトルを変えていったのは、当時の社会状況が微妙に影響した結果と考えられる。
• The title of the 'Jisho monogatari' (The Tale of the Jisho) was changed to 'The Tale of the Heike' most likely due to the social circumstances around that time.

• ただし、後に徳川家斉の正室となった広大院の場合、立場が微妙であったためか当初は「御縁女様」と呼ばれている。
• However, in the case of Kodaiin, who later became the legal wife of Ienari TOKUGAWA, she was referred to as 'Goenjosama' at first, possibly because she was in such a delicate position.

• 具体的には一番下の大口と各焼成室に設けられた小口からの投薪を使い分け、焼成段階に分けて微妙に温度調整を施す。
• Specifically, the craftsman makes subtle changes to the temperature depending on the baking stage by putting a suitable amount of firewood through the Oguchi at the lowest baking chamber and the Koguchi on each baking chamber.

• 算生の官人登用試験である奉試については、学令で定められていたが、大宝律令と養老律令では微妙に規則が違っていた。
• The Hoshi Kanjintoyoshiken (appointment examination for the bureaucracy) for students was defined by the school administration, but the rules were subtly different between the Taiho and Yoro Codes.

• このような微妙な国際関係も一因となって、沖縄における中国系音楽の伝統、特に「御座楽」は、明治時代に伝承が絶えた。
• This questionable situation in international relations became one reason that the traditions of Okinawan music of Chinese origin and in particular 'Uzagaku (lit. seated music)' ceased to be passed down in the Meiji period.

• 通常豊後節から見て、子、孫、曾孫になる常磐津、富本、清元を「豊後三流」と称し、それぞれに微妙な性格の違いがある。
• Although Tokiwazu, Tomimoto and Kiyomoto, which were the first, second and third generations of Bungo-bushi, respectively, are collectively called 'Bungo three schools,' there are subtle differences among them.

• 三味線音楽の種目ごとに楽器各部や撥、駒 (弦楽器)、弦 (楽器) (糸) に微妙な違いがあるのがその好例である。
• As a typical example, in the case of the Shamisen, slightly different instrument bodies, plectrums, bridges (components of stringed musical instruments) and strings (for musical instruments) are provided for each category of Shamisen music.

• 鼻と頬にはやや赤みがさし、伸ばした手を微妙に震わせているあたりが、彼の習慣に関するホームズの推測を思い起こさせた。
• A touch of red in nose and cheeks, with a slight tremor of his extended hand, recalled Holmes's surmise as to his habits.

• が、他の阿閦仏、宝相仏、微妙声仏については図像的特色からこれらの仏であると特定することは困難で、決め手を欠いていた。
• However, the other depictions, such as Ashukubutsu, Hoso Butsu and Mimyosho Butsu, were difficult to indentify from their iconographic characteristics and the opinion was lacking decisive factors.

• 「大和絵」とはどのような絵画を指すかを明確に定義付けすることは困難であり、時代によって意味・用法が微妙に異っている。
• It is difficult to define what kind of paintings the term 'Yamato-e' refers to clearly, and its sense and usage are subtly different depending on the period.

• 藤原定家自身も撰者となった『新古今和歌集』の歌が中心で、色彩豊かな絵画的な歌が多く、微妙な感情を象徴的に表現している。
• Most poems of that period are also found in 'Shinkokin Wakashu' which FUJIWARA no Teika himself took a part in compiling, and the poets of that period expressed their minds through various symbols to make colorful, picture-like poems.

• 近世邦楽では特に、演奏家の直接的な操作でしか表現できない微妙な音色、音程、余韻の変化などを積極的に利用、追求して来た。
• Particularly, for early modern Japanese music delicate changes in tones, musical intervals and pauses, which could be expressed only through direct manipulation by the players, were positively utilized and pursued.

• このような微妙なものに重きを置く考えは非常に根強いもので、現代でもほとんどの和楽器が基本的に江戸時代の姿を変えていない。
• Such a way of thinking, which places emphasis on delicate matters, is still highly respected in modern Japan, and most Wagakki have still basically maintained their original appearance of the Edo period.

• そして最後に「軍忠認定の証判を賜り、後日（の恩賞の）証拠としたい」といった旨の文言（文言は各文書で微妙に異なる）を記した。
• At the end the words 'I would like my superior military valor to be recognized as evidence for future (rewards)' were written, although the wording differs slightly from document to document.

• また大梵天王問仏決疑経にも「正法眼蔵・涅槃妙心、微妙（みみょう）法門あり、文字を立てず教外に別伝して迦葉に付属す」とある。
• Even thought the Creator again raised doubts and questioned Buddhist teachings, there is even 'Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, The essence of the Buddha's enlightenment' and doubtful teachings that are not documented and go beyond orthodox teachings which are associated with the sage Mahakasyapa.

• これに対し、義重の鎌倉政権内における立場は常に微妙であり、鎌倉幕府成立のために積極的に協力したとは言いがたいものがあった。
• On the other hand, Yoshishige was always in a delicate position at the Kamakura Government and it's hard to say that he cooperated positively for the formation of the Kamakura Government.

• 同じ木から採取したものであっても微妙に香りが違うために、わずかな違いを聞き分ける香道において、香道組香での利用に適している。
• Thanks to nuanced variance in the scent of Jinko even though harvested from the same tree, it is suitable for use in Kumiko (combination incense) practiced in Kodo, a Japanese traditional ceremony where participants smell the slight difference in the aroma of incense.

• しかし文禄2年（1593年）に秀吉に嫡男・豊臣秀頼が生まれると事態は急変し、関白の地位に就いていた秀次の立場は微妙になった。
• However the situation changed completely as a result of the birth of Hideyoshi's son, Hideyori in 1593, and the status of Hidetsugu as Kanpaku (the chief adviser to the Emperor) became insecure.

• 競技かるたは基本的に一組に1人の審判がつかない状態で行われるため、微妙な判定も競技者で判断しなければならない(セルフジャッジ)。
• Generally, Kyogi Karuta is played without a referee attending to each game; therefore players must judge themselves even if a difficult situation arises (self-judgment).

• これらの着物の文様は、厳格に決まりがあったとはいえ、武家女性は教養の限りを尽くして文様の位置を微妙に変えたりなどの工夫をしていた。
• The patterns of those Kimono were controlled under strict rules, ladies from Samurai society fully utilized their education and added some flavors of their own to the Kimono such as slightly changing the position of patterns, etc.

• 識者たちは映画において長いあいだ、「もっとも重大な効果は可能な限り微妙な「演技」によってもたらされる。」ということを認識していた。
• Experts have long recognized that in the film 'the greatest effects are almost always obtained by 'acting' as little as possible....'

• 桂はこの内閣の後見人を自負して、政権運営にまで関与しようとしたために内務大臣 (日本)原敬との微妙な政治的駆け引きを行うこととなる。
• Katsura considered himself as the guardian of the cabinet and tried to influence Saionji's handling of the government, which led to the delicate politics with Takashi HARA, Minister of Home Affairs.

• これは「豆腐製造が微妙な技術を要すること、長期保存ができないなど、豆腐の特性が関係していると思われる」（全豆連ホームページより引用）。
• This is 'considered to be related to the characteristics of tofu, such as requiring delicate technique for making tofu, impossibility of long storage, etc.,' (as excerpted from the website of Zentoren, the Japanese national tofu association).

• 金光明経の四方四仏とは、東＝阿閦如来（あしゅくぶつ）、西＝無量寿仏（阿弥陀如来）、南＝宝相仏、北＝微妙声仏（みみょうしょうぶつ）である。
• Shiho Shibutsu of Konkomyo-kyo Sutra was Ashuku Nyorai (Ashukubutsu [Aksobhya]) for the east, Muryoju Butsu (Buddha of limitless life, also known as Amida Nyorai [Amitabha Tathagata]) for the west, Hoso Butsu (Buddha with Great Treasures) for the south and Mimyosho Butsu (Delicate and Wonderful Voice Buddha) for the north.

• イーター理事会の承認を必要とする微妙な活動及びイーター事業資源管理規則(PRMR)のもとで事務局長の権限を越える契約を授与するための提案；
• Proposals for tender actions requiring IC approval and to award contracts exceeding the DG's authorizing powers under the ITER Project Resource Management Regulations (PRMR);

• 巣笙と觱篥は、それぞれ日本の雅楽の笙と篳篥(ひちりき)にあたる(ただし、楽器のサイズや形状が微妙に違い、それにともない音色もやや異なる)。
• Sosho and Hitsuritsu correspond to Sho and Hichiriki in Japan, respectively (however, their sizes and shapes are subtly different, making their tones slightly different as well).

• しかし訓練された推理家にしてみれば、その繊細で微妙に調整された精神に侵入されては、その下すあらゆる判断をかき乱し、疑いを掛けることになる。
• But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.

• 「状況は非常に微妙であり、あらゆる警戒をして、巨大なスキャンダルとなってヨーロッパの王室の一つに重大な傷をつける火種を消さねばなりません。
• 'The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution has to be taken to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal and seriously compromise one of the reigning families of Europe.

• 肥後国熊本藩出身で薩摩藩・長州藩の藩閥と微妙な距離を保ちながらも、東北地方・北海道地方の開発と近代化、草の根からの人材発掘に生涯を捧げる。
• He was born in Kumamoto Domain, Higo Province, and although he kept a delicate distance from the domain clique constituted by the domains of Satsuma and Choshu, he dedicated all of his life to developing and modernizing the regions of Tohoku and Hokkaido and finding out the capable persons from the ordinary people.

• 武士の概念は時代により微妙に変化しており、一言では言い表すには難しいが、各時代でも共通しているのは武装した私兵集団の構成員だという点である。
• The concept of bushi slightly varies depending on the periods and it is difficult to express it in one word, but the common theme through the periods is that they were members of a private army group of armed fighters.

• アート作品の場合、もっとも微妙な核心は--すなわち、そのホンモノらしさは--自然の物がそれほど、もろくない一方で、干渉されやすいものなのだ。
• In the case of the art object, a most sensitive nucleus--namely, its authenticity--is interfered with whereas no natural object is vulnerable on that score.

• 本文はいわゆる変体漢文を主体としつつも、古語や固有名詞のように漢文では代用しづらい微妙な部分は一字一音表記で記すという表記スタイルを取っている。
• The text mainly uses a so-called variant of Chinese language, while word-and-sound notation is used to describe parts such as ancient words or proper nouns where kanbun (Sino-Japanese) is slightly difficult.

• 扉絵に書かれているラテン語ではTabulæ Anatomicæ（タブライ・アナトミカイ）となっていて「ターヘル・アナトミア」に近いが、微妙に違う。
• The Latin which appears on the title page of the book shows Tabulæ Anatomicæ, which, while being a close approximation of 'Taheru Anatomia,' still remains subtly different.

• もっとも僕が彼らの役に立った件はとても微妙でね、親切にも僕のちょっとした問題を一つ、二つ記録してくれた君と言えども打ち明けるわけにはいかないんだ。」
• though the matter in which I served them was of such delicacy that I cannot confide it even to you, who have been good enough to chronicle one or two of my little problems.'

• 法然の没後、長老の信空 (浄土宗)が後継となったものの、証空・弁長・幸西・長西・隆寛・親鸞ら門人の間で法然の教義に対する解釈で微妙な違いが生じていた。
• After Honen passed away, Shinku, an elder disciple, succeeded the Jodo Shu denomination, but there were subtle differences in the interpretation of the dogma of Honen between disciples such as Shoku, Bencho, Kosai, Chosai, Ryukan and Shinran.

• そして自分では思ってもみなかったころになって一気に酔いが回り始めるため、舌が微妙な味覚を感じ分けるころ、いわゆる「ほろ酔い」の時間があまり体験できない。
• Then, he becomes drunk unexpectedly suddenly and the time of so-called 'horoyoi (being slightly drunk)' whereby a delicate flavor could be tasted cannot be experienced for long time.

• このように、炭加減（すみかげん）がたいへん微妙であることから、地酒の本場では蔵人のあいだで炭屋（すみや）と呼ばれる、この工程だけの専門家が多く存在した。
• Thus, as the amount of charcoal is very critical, a large number of specialists only for this process called sumiya (literally, specialist for charcoal) existed in places where jizake (local sake) is brewed

• しかし夏などの季節によっては無い方が快適な場合もあり、勧める側も相手の意思を慮って無理に勧めないケースも見られるなど、微妙な運用が求められると考えられる。
• However, there are situations such as in Summer or other season when it would be better not to use a zabuton, and the host may refrain from insisting on offering a zabuton after considering the will of the guest, therefore thoughtful handling is required.

• 次に版木に薄い米糊を塗って、紙の上に載せて押しつけてから、版木を取ると版木の紋様の部分の染料が薄くはがし取られ、微妙な濃淡のあるネガ状の風雅な紋様が現れる。
• After pasting a weak rice glue on the printing block, it is placed on the paper, pressure is applied, and the printing block is then removed, a thin layer of the dye from the pattern of the printing block is peeled off and a negative-like refined pattern with fine shading appears.

• フリーソフト/オープンソースコミュニティ内における評判の市場は、最後まで面倒を見られないような開発プロジェクトを始めないように、みんなに微妙な圧力をかける。
• The open-source community's internal market in reputation exerts subtle pressure on people not to launch development efforts they're not competent to follow through on.

• 治承3年（1179年）7月、平清盛の後継者と目されていた父・平重盛が病死し、叔父の平宗盛が平氏の棟梁となると、維盛ら重盛の息子達は平氏一門で微妙な立場となる。
• When his father, TAIRA no Shigemori, who had been supposed to succeed Taira no Kiyomori, died of disease in July 1179 and TAIRA no Munemori took over as the head of the clan, Koremori and the other sons of Shigemori were put in a delicate position in the clan.

• 渡来人の高い生産性に支えられた葛城氏の実力は極めて巨大で、大王家のそれと肩を並べるほどであり、両者の微妙なバランスの上に、当時のヤマト政権が成立していたのであろう。
• The Katsuraki clan, supported by the high productivity of immigrant workers, was so powerful that it was as strong as the Okimi family; it is thought that the Yamato regime exsited in a delicate balance between the two families.

• 原材料に小麦粉を使用するため、米粉を用いた他地域のものと食感が微妙に異なることや、防腐剤を使用しない生ういろうであるため、消費期限が短いことなどが特徴としてあげられる。
• It is characterized by the slight difference in texture because it uses flour as an ingredient instead of rice powder like in other areas and has a short expiration date because it does not include preservatives.

• なお、使用者や用途によって形が微妙に異なり、天皇は通常は上下とも方形、神事には上円下方を用い、臣下は通常は上下ともに円形、慶事には上方下円の笏を用いることになっていた。
• The shape differed slightly by the holder or purpose of use; there was a set of rules stating that the emperor's shaku usually had a square shape for top and bottom ends, the shaku used during a Shinto ritual had a round shape for top end and a square shape for bottom end, the shaku used by retainers usually had a round shape for top and bottom ends, and the shaku used on celebratory occasions had a square shape for top end and a round shape for bottom end.

• かつてのように半ズボンと長ズボンしかなかった時代には業界用語だったが、ハーフパンツが登場し、微妙な丈の長さを表現するために消費者を対象に売り場でも用いられるようになった。
• Take was once a jargon when there were only short pants and longs, but with the advent of half pants the term came to be used at the stores to describe the subtle difference in the length of pants to the consumers.

• 帰国以来、山縣有朋と徴兵令施行等の意見衝突によって対立していた山田は陸軍少将の肩書きのみで陸軍に実質的な地位はなく、政府内で微妙な立場にあった為、方向転換せざるをえなかった。
• Yamada was in a tenuous position in the government, having no actual status, except the title of Army Major General due to his confrontation between Aritomo YAMAGATA over implementation of the Conscription Ordinance since he returned home, which forced him to change direction.

• 賛嘆の思いに体を火照らせながら、ホームズがあのケースをひらき、微妙な手術をとりおこなおうとしている外科医のような技術的で精密な手つきで工具を選ぶ、その落ちついた姿を見つめていた。
• With a glow of admiration I watched Holmes unrolling his case of instruments and choosing his tool with the calm, scientific accuracy of a surgeon who performs a delicate operation.

• 陶器としては「なんの変哲もない褐釉小壺」（西田宏子『唐物茶入』まえがき／根津美術館／2005）に過ぎず、これらの微妙な個性に美しさを見出す点は茶道文化の際立った特異性となっている。
• As ceramics, it is nothing more than 'an unremarkable small brown glazed pot'(as referred to in the preface of 'Karamono Chaire' (Chinese-Style Tea Canisters) written by Hiroko NISHIDA/Nezu Museum/2005), and finding beauty in chaire's subtle individuality is remarkably peculiar to tea ceremony culture.

• 揉み紙の技法は、熟練した指の動きで各種の揉み紋様を表す技法で、上層と下層に違った顔料を塗って、揉み皺によって上層の顔料が剥落し下層の顔料が微妙な線となってあらわれ、独特の紋様を作る。
• The momigami is a method to create various crumpling patterns by the movement of skilled fingers as in the following process; apply the two different pigments on the upper and the lower layers and crumple them up, and as a result, the pigment on the upper layer flows off and fine lines appear in the pigment on the lower layer to producing characteristic patterns.

• また一説としては、蘭学に対する幕府の対応が微妙でもあったため、万が一の際に、最も蘭語に通ずる良沢に咎が及ぶのを避けるためと、前説の訳の不備に対する良沢の気持ちを杉田が酌み取ったためともされている。
• According to another theory, Genpaku did not want to see Ryotaku who were the most familiar with Dutch punished by bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) that was frowning on Western studies and took his frustration about the translation into consideration.

• 加えて後妻の兄弟であった西園寺公経が九条道家を娘婿として朝廷にて重きをなし、定家と後妻の間の子である藤原為家を猶子としていたことから、嫡男として扱われるようになると、光家の立場は微妙なものとなった。
• Furthermore, by reason that Kintsune SAIONJI, a brother of Teika's second wife, began to play an important role in the Imperial Palace as the father-in-law of Michiie KUJO, and adopted FUJIWARA no Tameie, son of Teika and his second wife, Tameie came to be treated as a legitimate son of Kintsune, which put Mitsuie in a delicate position.

• このように明朝に於いて確立した朱子学の権威は、明朝統治下のほぼ全域に亘り巨大な力を持つにいたったのだが、明朝政権下の中でも最も商業の発達していた江南には、明初期以来、朱子学と微妙な距離を置く人々がいた。
• Under the Ming Dynasty, in which it was first established, Shushigaku's influence became very strong in most regions, although in Jian Nang, the dynasty's most commercialized area, some people had kept a slight distance between themselves and Shushigaku since the early Ming period.

• Contemporary Review,1867のこの作品に対するその批評では、ハイマン博士は、ルクレティウスの推論が、誤っているとしても、依拠している本当に適切で微妙な知識がわかっていないように思えます。
• In his criticism of this work, Contemporary Review, 1867, Dr. Hayman does not appear to be aware of the really sound and subtile observations on which the reasoning of Lucretius, though erroneous, sometimes rests.

• 中国の琵琶がフレットを増やして、楽器としての機能向上によって表現力を高めたのとは逆に、日本の琵琶はフレットを増やさず（場合によっては減らし）、その分演奏者の技倆をできるだけ活かして微妙な演奏を行うことを好んだ。
• Japanese biwa favored nuanced performances by making the most of a player's techniques rather than increasing the number of frets (reducing frets according to circumstance) while Chinese biwa increased frets and enhanced its powers of expression by improving functions as an instrument.

• 基本運指以外の「半音」を出す際には、複雑な指使い（「クロスフィンガリング」）をあまり用いず、指孔の半開や息と歌口の角度（マウスピース (楽器)アンブシュア）を微妙に調整して音程を上げ下げする方法のほうが好まれる。
• To produce semitones without using basic fingering, it is preferable to raise or lower the scale by closing a finger hole by half, slightly adjusting the breathing and the angle of the mouthpiece rather than using the complicated cross fingering technique.

• ちなみに京都では出汁に、魚介出汁をあまり利かさず、シンプルに仕上げる傾向があるのに対して、大阪では、魚介出汁は強めで、様々な隠し味を使い、複雑な味わいに仕上げるなど、同じ関西でも地域によって微妙に出汁の違いがある。
• Meanwhile, soup broth subtly differs region by region despite being located within the same Kansai region; for example, soup broth in Kyoto is flavored simply by putting a little seafood broth, while in Osaka the flavor is more complex, adding lots of seafood broth with various hidden flavors.

• 燗にするにも微妙なスキルが存在し、燗下手（かんべた）であるとばれないために、しつこく冷や以下を勧める店もあれば、燗をつけるとなると、冷や以下で出すよりも手間がかかるので、自分たちの面倒を省くためにそうする店もある。
• Some shops recommend to take sake hiya or below so that unskilled warming is not revealed, because warming sake requires a delicate skill and others do so just to prevent trouble because to serve warmed sake requires more time than hiya.

• あいさつ：いただきます、ごちそうさま（でした）、ただいま、おかえり（なさい）、いってらっしゃい、いってきます、失礼します（した）、お邪魔します（した）など、他の文化圏にはない微妙なニュアンスをともなう言語概念が多い。
• Greeting: The Japanese language has many linguistic concepts along with delicate nuances which are nonexistent in other cultural areas such as itadakimasu (expression of gratitude before meals), gochisosama (deshita) (phrase used after one has been treated (especially after meals), tadaima (I'm home!), okaeri (nasai) (welcome home), itterasshai (have a good day), ittekimasu (I'm going now), shitsureishimasu (shita) (excuse me), ojamashimasu (shita) (excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you), etc.

• 志を同じくする人たちが集まって発足した当初は良いが、やがてメンバーが多くなっていくと、「ボランティア」そのものに対する取組意識の差やそれまでの社会的地位や経験、ボランティア経験等によって微妙に人間関係が難しくなっていく。
• When a group of people with the same intentions come together, things often begin well but as the number of members increase, human relationships can become strained due to differences in levels of commitment and issues arising from social status as well as differing levels of experience.

• しかも、新幹線新駅が県と栗東市、周辺自治体の共同出資に対し、草津線接続新駅に滋賀県は関与しない（草津線新駅は栗東市の都市整備事業の中で行うべきもの）というスタンスだったため、今後草津線に新駅ができるかどうかは微妙である。
• Additionally, in contrast to the new Shinkansen station to be jointly financed by Shiga Prefecture, Ritto City and other surrounding local governments, a new connecting station on the Kusatsu Line did not involve Shiga Prefecture (because the Shiga Prefecture considered that the construction of a new station on the Kusatsu Line should be included in the urban development of Ritto City); therefore, it was uncertain whether a new station would be built on the Kusatsu Line.

• また、源頼朝が彼の命を助けて御家人の列に加えたことからも源頼朝と血縁的に近い人であったことが想像される(ただし、頼朝は親族に対して警戒心を抱いていたことを考えると、近すぎず遠すぎずといった微妙な位置であった可能性が高い)。
• It can also be imagined that he was a close blood relative of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who saved his life and added him to the member of gokenin (however, we should not forget that Yoritomo had wariness toward his relatives, so he would have probably kept his relatives at a discreet distance.)

• それでも、今日までに各地で微妙に造りと味が異なる流派が形成された事実を鑑みるに、会津藩から会津杜氏、秋田藩から山内杜氏、南部藩から南部杜氏が出たように、当時の藩のバックアップが結果的に二百年近くの歳月を隔てて現代に実を結んでいることになる。
• However, considering the fact that each region has been forming its unique school with its own delicately different method and taste until today, it can be said that support from the clans in those days consequently produces the fruits at present after almost a 200-year long period; for example the Aizu domain produced Aizu Toji, the Akita domain produced Sannai Toji, and the Nanbu domain produced Nanbu Toji.

• 三大事件建白運動・大同団結運動では旧自由党系と連携して民党の一翼を担うが、大同団結運動の失敗と1888年の大隈の第1次伊藤内閣の外務大臣 (日本)入閣（黒田内閣でも留任）によって大隈の条約改正案を支持したことにより自由党との関係は再び微妙になる。
• Although the Constitutional Progressive party still played an important role in some cases, along with the Liberal party (both parties acknowledged each other and were referred as people's parties at the time), such as taking actions to present petitions for the three major cases, and advocating a movement to unite for a common purpose, but both parties eventually couldn't get along with each other when they failed the movement to unite, and the Constitutional Progressive party supported a proposal to revise a treaty that Okuma presented as foreign minister of the first Ito government in 1888 (he became foreign minister under the Kuroda government as well).

• 作品によって常に演出や映像のトーンを変える中平は、本作ではフィルムの増感処理の方法を変えてソフトな画面を作っており、色彩も薄く滲んだ独特のトーンになっている（ただし劇場の映写されたスクリーンで観なければ識別できない微妙な効果のため、テレビやビデオ鑑賞では判りにくい）。
• Nakahira, who always changed staging and the tone of the screen image to suit the film, made a soft screen image in this film by changing the method of intensifying treatment, so that it had a unique color that was light and blurred (However, this was a sensitive effect which could be reproduced only on the screen in a theater, so that it is difficult to see it on TV or video).

• 日本国外では、手で握る作業を不潔なものと見なし職人が薄いゴム手袋やビニール手袋を嵌めることを求められている規則があるが、日本においては魚介を生食する料理の調理を素手で行うことは家庭でも行われているごく一般的な手法であるうえ、職人の微妙な手指の感覚を阻害するものであると見なされ、そのような習慣はない。
• In other countries, work done by hand is considered unsanitary, and there are regulations demanding sushi chefs wear thin rubber gloves or plastic gloves, but, Japan has no such custom because a method of preparing seafood eaten in fresh by hand is a very general method conducted even at home, and it is considered that rubber gloves or plastic gloves may dull a delicate sense of touch by chef's fingers.

• だが、病弱であった上に父天皇との関係も微妙であり、『日本後紀』によれば、延暦12年（793年）に春宮坊帯刀舎人が殺害された事件の背景に皇太子がいたと噂された事や、同24年（805年）に一時重態であった天皇が一時的に回復したために皇太子に対してに参内を命じたのにも関わらず参内せず、藤原緒嗣に催促されて漸く参内したことなどが記されている。
• However, the Emperor was in poor health when he became the Crown Pprince and had a sensitive relationship with his father the Emperor at that time; according to 'Nihon Koki,' there was a rumor that the crown prince was involved in the incident of Togu-bo Tachihaki (no) Toneri being killed in 793, or that in 805 the Emperor, who was in serious medical condition, recovered temporarily and ordered the Crown Pprince to go to the Imperial Palace, but when he refused to do so, FUJIWARA no Otsugu reprimanded him and he finally went to the Imperial Palace for a while.

• また古事記の序文などにはそれぞれ名前は微妙に異なるものの、ほとんどの場合に『帝紀』と『旧辞』をはじめとして二つの史書が並べて記されていることなどから、これらは単に別々のものを並べているのではなくもともと組み合わせることを前提に作られた一体のものであり、二つの史書を組み合わせた中国の紀伝体とは異なる「日本式の紀伝体」とでもいうべき形態が存在するのではないかとする見方もある。
• Also, from the fact that even though the names differ slightly, in the introduction of the Kojiki, usually it is recorded with two history books set side by side like the 'Teiki' and 'Kyuji,' there is a viewpoint that they were not just separate Records, but was originally written with the premise that these would be combined to make one Record, and it exists as a 'Japanese style biographical historiography' different from the Chinese biographical historiography which combines two history books,
• And since two history books, 'Teiki' and 'Kyuji' are mentioned alongside each other in most cases, having slightly different names in the introduction of 'Kojiki' or others, there is an opinion that these were not simply mentioned alongside each other, but united originally for being combined, and that there might have existed a form we can call 'Japanese style Kidentai (biographical historiography),' different from Chinese Kidentai combining two history books.

• しかし、日本では新たに植林をする場所がほとんどない上、むしろ森林所有者の管理放棄（特に人工林）や、相続税支払いのために売却・宅地転用 を余儀なくされる山林や農地の増加、さらに生産緑地地区農地課税の扱いが異なる自治体を施行したり、保安林維持予算の縮減・林野庁職員の大幅減員を行うなど政府与党の政策はむしろ逆行しているため、このままでは当初見込まれた吸収量を達する可能性が薄いと考えられており、達成できるかどうかは微妙な情勢である。
• However in Japan, there is little land for newly tree planting, and the mountain forests and farmlands increase, in which management has been abandoned by the forest owners (especially artificial forests) and/or disposition or diversion to building lots has been inevitably done in order to complete the inheritance tax payment; furthermore, the policies of the ruling party put a clock back, such as the enforcement of autonomous bodies where the taxations on productive green area farmlands are differently dealt with, the reduction of budget for keeping conservation forests, the large reduction of the staff in Forestry Agency and so on; therefore, it is considered to be difficult to achieve the absorption target initially expected.

• 生物の多様性の保全及び持続可能な利用は、生物の多様性が微妙な均衡を保つことによって成り立っており、科学的に解明されていない事象が多いこと及び一度損なわれた生物の多様性を再生することが困難であることにかんがみ、科学的知見の充実に努めつつ生物の多様性を保全する予防的な取組方法及び事業等の着手後においても生物の多様性の状況を監視し、その監視の結果に科学的な評価を加え、これを当該事業等に反映させる順応的な取組方法により対応することを旨として行われなければならない。
• Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity shall be carried out for the purpose of making responses by a preventive method in which biodiversity is conserved while endeavoring to enrich scientific knowledge and by an adaptive method in which the state of biodiversity is monitored even after project, etc. is started, scientific evaluations are made on the monitoring results and the evaluation results are reflected on said project, etc., taking into consideration that biodiversity is based on a subtle balance and involves many phenomena that have yet to be scientifically explained and that it is difficult to regenerate biodiversity once it is damaged.

• 国は、生物の多様性が微妙な均衡を保つことによって成り立っており、一度損なわれた生物の多様性を再生することが困難であることから、生物の多様性に影響を及ぼす事業の実施に先立つ早い段階での配慮が重要であることにかんがみ、生物の多様性に影響を及ぼすおそれのある事業を行う事業者等が、その事業に関する計画の立案の段階からその事業の実施までの段階において、その事業に係る生物の多様性に及ぼす影響の調査、予測又は評価を行い、その結果に基づき、その事業に係る生物の多様性の保全について適正に配慮することを推進するため、事業の特性を踏まえつつ、必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
• The government shall, taking into consideration that it is important to give considerations at an early stage in advance of implementation of projects that have an impact on biodiversity, since biodiversity is based on maintenance of a subtle balance and it is difficult to regenerate biodiversity once it is damaged, take necessary measures, in consideration of the characteristics of projects, to promote project operators, etc. that conduct projects that are likely to have an impact on biodiversity to survey, predict or assess impact of the projects on biodiversity from the stage of planning the projects to the stage of their implementation and to give proper consideration to conservation of biodiversity pertaining to the projects based on the results.