adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, adverb

  1. splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

Usu. 見事に.
  1. utter (esp. defeat), total, complete.

noun

Archaism.
  1. something worth seeing, sight, spectacle.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
見事 みごと
美事 みごと

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
matter, thing, fact
ジ こと ズ (3rd, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
snout, hand
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)