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expression, Godan-ru verb
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to manage something successfully, to be successful(usually kana)
Other readings:
うまくやる《巧くやる》
、うまくやる《甘くやる》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
na-adjective, noun
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well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
See also:利口 (りこう)
Other readings:
お利巧【おりこう】
、お悧巧【おりこう】
、御利口【おりこう】
、御利巧【おりこう】
、御悧巧【おりこう】
noun
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Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
See also:七夕
Other readings:
乞巧奠【きこうでん】
noun
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silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, incl. mathematics and mechanics)
See also:五明
expression, adjective
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honeymouthed, glib, fair-spoken, cajoling, talking glibly
Other readings:
口が上手い【くちがうまい】
、口が巧い【くちがうまい】
expression
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those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion(proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
See also:巧言令色
Other readings:
巧言令色少なし仁【こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん】
、巧言令色すくなし仁【こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん】
expression
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better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive(proverb)
noun
1.
expert, skillful person
2.
good move (in shogi, go, etc.), clever move
Other readings:
巧手【こうしゅ】
noun
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better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate, better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent(yojijukugo)
expression
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it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate(proverb)
noun, na-adjective
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skillful words, deceitful words, glibness
Other readings:
言葉巧み【ことばだくみ】
、言葉たくみ【ことばたくみ】
、ことば巧み【ことばたくみ】
、ことば巧み【ことばだくみ】
noun, na-adjective
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bold and clever, daring and ingenious, audacious and masterly(yojijukugo)