器用

きよう

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun skillful; skilful; adroit; dexterous; dextrous; deft; nimble; handy
2. clever; shrewd; ingenious

Kanji

• 器 device. Read as キ.
• 用 use. Read as ヨウ.

Example sentences

• 君は手先が器用だね。
  You have a light hand, don't you?
• マックスは手先が器用だ。
  Max is clever with his fingers.
• その女の子は指先が器用だ。
  The girl is skillful with her fingers.
• 父は器用で何でも修理してしまう。
  My father is good with tools and does almost all the repairs.
• アンタ本当に器用ねっ。主夫とか向いてるんじゃない？
  You're really handy, aren't you? Don't you think you'd make a good house-husband?

Common phrases

• 器用な選手

Words containing 器用

• 不器用 (ぶきよう) clumsy
• 器用貧乏 (きようびんぼう) jack of all trades, master of none
• 不器用者 (ぶきようもの) bungler

And 2 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N3

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