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腕利き； 腕きき
【 うできき 】
1. [adj-no,adj-na]
▶ highly skilled
▶ skillful
▶ very capable
▶ competent
▶ able
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2720020 腕っこき【うでっこき】 1. able; capable; competent
  ⇐ see: 2720010 腕こき【うでこき】 1. able; capable; competent
2. [n]
▶ particularly able person
▶ master-hand
▶ person of ability
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2720020 腕っこき【うでっこき】 2. able person; person of ability
  ⇐ see: 2720010 腕こき【うでこき】 2. able person; person of ability



History:
4. A 2022-07-17 06:17:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5 include "a master-hand".
  Comments: 
The kokugos certainly are more emphatic than the JEs on this.
  Diff: 
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>skilled</gloss>
+<gloss>highly skilled</gloss>
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>capable</gloss>
+<gloss>very capable</gloss>
@@ -24 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>able person</gloss>
+<gloss>particularly able person</gloss>
+<gloss>master-hand</gloss>
3. A* 2022-07-16 09:18:30 
  Comments: 
maybe my english is poor, but skilled, capable etc all mean "on par with [no worse than] the others" to me
but 腕前がすぐれていること (kokugo phrasing) means "standing above the rest"
eijiro has "ace" and "crack team" which seem a bit closer?
2. A 2022-07-13 04:09:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Diff: 
@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>able</gloss>
+<gloss>skilled</gloss>
+<gloss>skillful</gloss>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>able</gloss>
1. A* 2022-07-12 15:45:08  Noa
  Refs: 
Daijisen, Eijirou
  Comments: 
I think this is much stronger than "able"

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