<entry eid="2097142" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1218970</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>器用貧乏</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きようびんぼう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&yoji;</misc>
<gloss>jack of all trades, master of none</gloss>
</sense>
<history>
<audit time="2014-08-25 01:28:57" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Kanji Haitani list</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-16 03:28:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>not sure I agree with [yoji] here.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijs:
何事も一応はうまくできるために一事に徹底できず、かえって大成しないこと。また、そのような人。
no mention of adj-na</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11 +10,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
@@ -14 +13 @@
-<gloss>Jack of all trades and master of none</gloss>
+<gloss>jack of all trades</gloss></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-16 03:30:13" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It's in at least one list as such.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://yoji.jitenon.jp/cat/search.php?getdata=%E5%99%A8%E7%94%A8%E8%B2%A7%E4%B9%8F+&search=contain</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-17 18:51:49" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Alan Cheng</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think the "master of none" part is valuable. "Jack of all trades" can be used to mean a versatile person without the negative meaning, whereas 器用貧乏 is always negative as far as I can tell.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>jack of all trades</gloss>
+<gloss>jack of all trades, master of none</gloss></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-18 04:41:21" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK</upd_detl>
</audit>
</history>
</entry>
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