Translation Japanese English: 穎敏

1 abrupt, acuate, acute, astute, crisp, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, precipitous, sharp, sharp-worded, shrewd, shrill, tart.

2 acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, acute, bitter, blistering, caustic, cutting, discriminating, edged, hard-hitting, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp, stifling, stinging, sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry, trenchant, virulent, vitriolic.

3 acrimonious, acrobatic, acuate, acute, agile, athletic, bitter, bristly, buoyant, chirpy, discriminating, gymnastic, incisive, keen, knifelike, needlelike, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perky, piercing, prickly, quick, sharp, shrill, splenetic, sprightly, spry, waspish.

4 acuate, acute, alert, alive, apprehensive, awake, bantering, cutting, discerning, discriminating, facetious, high, high-pitched, incisive, inquisitory, intense, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, probing, searching, sharp, shrill, stabbing, tongue-in-cheek.

5 acuate, acute, astute, clean, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, crisp, decipherable, discriminating, exquisite, incisive, keen, knifelike, light, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, readable, sharp, shrewd, unclouded.

6 acuate, acute, astute, discerning, discriminating, exquisite, incisive, keen, knifelike, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, piercing, pointed, sensitive, sharp, sharp-worded, shrewd, shrill, tart.

7 acute, airy, civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate, discriminating, elegant, fine, genteel, graceful, incisive, keen, knifelike, ladylike, mincing, niminy-piminy, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, polite, prim, refined, sharp, slender, slight, slim, svelte, tenuous, twee.

8 acute, astute, bright, clear-thinking, clearheaded, discriminating, incisive, intelligent, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp, shrewd, smart.

9 acute, astute, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, discriminating, incisive, intelligent, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, sharp, shrewd, smart.

10 acute, astute, discerning, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart.

11 acute, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, cutting, dandy, discriminating, exquisite, great, groovy, incisive, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp, slap-up, smashing, stabbing, swell.

12 acute, biting, bitter, cutting, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, penetrating, penetrative, permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive, piercing, sharp, shrill, stabbing.

13 acute, bright, clear, discriminating, incisive, intelligent, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sapient, sharp, smart.

14 alert, alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, bright, crafty, cunning, diplomatic, discerning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sharp, shrewd, slick, sly, smart, tricksy, tricky, wily, wise.

15 alert, alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, discerning, expedient, inquisitory, probing, searching, sharp, shrewd.

16 apt, astute, bright, clever, intelligent, sharp, shrewd, smart, wise.

17 artful, astute, clever, crafty, cunning, disingenuous, dodgy, expedient, foxy, guileful, ingenious, knavish, knowing, sharp, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, wise, wise to.

18 astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, intelligent, sharp, shrewd, smart, smart as a whip, wise.

19 astute, cagey, cagy, canny, clever, fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, sharp, shrewd, smart, wise.

20 astute, calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, sharp, shrewd.