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Kiseki (奇跡): what it means in anime
奇跡
きせき · kiseki · miracle; wonder; marvel Not on JLPT lists
Kiseki means "miracle". Characters say 奇跡だ when something impossible happens, and 奇跡を起こす is "to make a miracle happen".
Where you hear it 2 of 42 series
Lines from the Japanese subtitles of episodes 1–3 of each show. A translation is shown only when it clearly matches the line; counts are subtitle lines containing the word.
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · 8 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 3
あんた 奇跡の業が使えるのかい？
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Dr. Stone · 7 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 3
その奇跡の水ってのは何だい？
Usage and nuance
Dr. Stone frames science as the opposite of 奇跡: every impossible thing has a method. Fullmetal Alchemist asks whether alchemy can produce a 奇跡 or only equivalent exchange. The word is a favourite in titles and song lyrics.
Be careful with the homophone 軌跡 (kiseki, trajectory or path), which also appears in titles. Same sound, different kanji, different meaning.
奇跡的に (kisekiteki ni) is "miraculously", as in surviving a fall 奇跡的に.
Hear 奇跡 in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood8 lines in episodes 1–3 · tappable subtitles · free, no account