N2546/1725

傑けっ作さく

nounnoun (generic)jocularhumorous termdated termな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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けっさく

Meanings

masterpiece, masterwork, chef d'oeuvre, fine piece of work
(unintentionally) hilarious, absurd (e.g. blunder), outrageous, wild

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Example sentences

この小説しょうせつは近代きんだい文学ぶんがくの傑作けっさくと呼よばれている。

This novel is called a masterpiece of modern literature.

彼かれの新あたらしい映画えいがは傑作けっさくだと多おおくの批評家ひひょうかが絶賛ぜっさんした。

Many critics praised his new film as a masterpiece.

うっかり上司じょうしの名前なまえを間違まちがえるなんて、それは傑作けっさくだね。

Accidentally getting your boss's name wrong — now that's priceless.

ピカソの絵画かいがの中なかでも、ゲルニカは特とくに傑作けっさくとして知しられている。

Among Picasso's paintings, Guernica is especially known as a masterpiece.

長年ながねんの研究けんきゅうの末すえに完成かんせいしたこの作品さくひんこそ、彼女かのじょの傑作けっさくと言いえるだろう。

This work, completed after years of research, can truly be called her masterpiece.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)