Last Updated：2025/11/20

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

elusive

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

elusive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪˈl(j)uːsɪv/

Adjective

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance. / Difficult to make precise. / Rarely seen.

Japanese Meaning

捕まえられにくい、捉えにくい / 理解しにくい、把握しにくい / 記憶や印象に残りにくい / 明確に定義しにくく、曖昧な部分がある / めったに見られない、希少な

What is this buttons?

The elusive suspect slipped through the crowd and vanished before the police could locate him.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その捕まりにくい容疑者は群衆の中をすり抜け、警察が捜し当てる前に姿を消した。

Sense（1）

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

The elusive criminal was arrested

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

Difficult to make precise.

A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

Rarely seen.

While you're sniffing the trunks of the ponderosas to see if they're butterscotch, vanilla, strawberry, or the elusive chocolate variety, watch for Brown Creepers, an elusive variety of bird.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more elusive

（ comparative ）

most elusive

（ superlative ）

Login / Sign up

　

Download the app!

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★