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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:
5. A 2021-03-18 04:41:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
4. A* 2021-03-17 18:51:49  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  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>
3. A 2021-03-16 03:30:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://yoji.jitenon.jp/cat/search.php?getdata=器用貧乏+&search=contain
  Comments:
It's in at least one list as such.
2. A* 2021-03-16 03:28:32  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  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
  Comments:
not sure I agree with [yoji] here.
  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>
1. A 2014-08-25 01:28:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>

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