jmdict 1218970 Active (id#2097142)
器用貧乏
きようびんぼう
  1. [n] [yoji]
    • jack of all trades, master of none
History:
    • A 2021-03-18 04:41:21 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      OK
    • A* 2021-03-17 18:51:49 Alan Cheng
    • Comments
      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.
    • Diff
      @@ -13 +13 @@
      -<gloss>jack of all trades</gloss>
      +<gloss>jack of all trades, master of none</gloss>
    • A* 2021-03-16 03:28:32 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      not sure I agree with [yoji] here.
    • 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
    • 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>
    • A 2014-08-25 01:28:57 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
      -*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Refs
      Kanji Haitani list
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13 @@
      +<misc>&yoji;</misc>
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