Dexterous - Skilled

Japanese: 器用 - きよう

〘noun〙① A useful and important item. ※Ryo Gikai (718) Fuyaku "All countries contribute to society by providing food and clothing. Skillful (called. (omitted) a skilled person. Like the people who go to the countryside. This is _{the same as} an _arrowhead ." 〔Book of Documents - Traveling〕② To use machinery. ※Beio Kairan Jikki (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉2 "To develop geography and refine agriculture, (omitted) requires skill and skill to be perfectly matched."③ Appearance. Personality. Ability. ※Ashikaga Hon Analects Sho (16th century) Zilu 13 "Yi is to use a person according to his skill."④ (adjective-verb) Having a useful talent. A state of being extremely intelligent. Also, such a person. A useful human resource. ※Honcho Monsui (around 1060), vol. 6, Letter of the Minister of Shinminbu (Tachibana Naoki): "Already _no _more skilled. I have not lost _my share of the rewards of the _Ming Dynasty." ※Konpira Honhogen (possibly around 1220): "Five or six of us are skilled young men who should succeed one of the great generals ." (Shunju Zuo Zhuan - 5th year of Duke In) ⑤ (adjective-verb) Being honest. Being pure. Being refined and elegant. Also, the person. ※Amakusa Hon Isoho (1593), about a long-tailed bird and a peacock: "In the midst of the midst of the long-tailed bird, I am superior." ⑥ ( adjective -verb) Being extremely skilled at something. Also, the state of being so. ※Kowaka and Atsumori (Meireki edition) (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "Atsuri was a man of skill."⑦ (adjective) To handle things skillfully. Also, the state of being so.※Shugiwasho (around 1676) 2 "A skilled person does not ask for things, nor does he hoard them. If he has skill, he gives it to others, and if he does not, he does not have it."※Kabuki - Three-topic story Totoya Chawan (1882) Act 3 "They each got some sake and became skillful , but they ended up becoming thugs."⑧ (adjective) To be skilled with manual skills or in an art that is not one's main occupation. Also, the state of being so.※Fukuo Jiden (1899)〈Fukuzawa Yukichi〉When he was a child "He was a man of skill with his hands . "⑨ (adjective) To be obedient without complaining. Also, that state. ※Kabuki: Kurote Kumi Kuruwa Tatsuin (1858), Act 3 "Don't say such rude things, and accept it skillfully ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 役に立つ大切な器物。※令義解（718）賦役「凡諸国貢献物者、〈略〉服食。器用〈謂。〈略〉器用者。如_二下野氈。形箭_一之類是也〉」〔書経‐旅獒〕② 器械を用いること。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉二「地理を興し、農事を精にするは、〈略〉技術と器用と並完(ならびまっと)ふして」③ 容貌。人柄。器量。※足利本論語抄（１６Ｃ）子路第一三「易㕝とは其人の器用々々のままに使也」④ (形動) 役に立つ才能があること。才知がすぐれているさま。また、そのような人。有用な人材。※本朝文粋（1060頃）六・申民部大輔状〈橘直幹〉「既非_二器用_一。自漏_二明時之祿_一」※金刀比羅本保元（1220頃か）中「我等五六人は皆一方の大将軍を承はるべき器用(キヨウ)の若者共が」〔春秋左伝‐隠公五年〕⑤ (形動) いさぎよいこと。潔白であること。上品で優雅なさま。また、その人。※天草本伊曾保（1593）尾長鳥と孔雀の事「ヲノヲノノナカニワガ qiyôni(キヨウニ) ニタカタガタモアルマイ」⑥ (形動) わざがすぐれてじょうずなこと。また、そのさま。※幸若・敦盛（明暦版）（室町末‐近世初）「あつもりは、ふえにきようの人なりとて」⑦ (形動) うまいぐあいに物事を処理すること。また、そのさま。※集義和書（1676頃）二「器用は、物をもとめず、たくはへず、あれば人にほどこし、なければなき分に候」※歌舞伎・三題噺魚屋茶碗（とと屋茶碗）（1882）三幕「それぞれ酒でも呑まし、器用(キヨウ)にするが破落戸(ごろつき)附合」⑧ (形動) 手先のわざや本職ではない芸事などをうまくこなすこと。また、そのさま。※福翁自伝（1899）〈福沢諭吉〉幼少の時「手の先きの器用(キヨウ)な奴で」⑨ (形動) 文句などを言わないで、素直にすること。また、そのさま。※歌舞伎・黒手組曲輪達引（1858）三幕「そんな野暮を言はねえで、器用(キヨウ)に受けてくんなせえ」

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