Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 器用貧乏(きようびんぼう) in Japanese

器用貧乏
Kana Reading
きようびんぼう
Romaji
kiyōbinbō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    Jack of all trades and master of none
    Example sentence
    いろいろできるし、みんなから重宝されるのはいいけれど、気がついたら器用貧乏といわれないようにな。 People know how handy you are to have around. You're a real jack-of-all-trades but make sure you don't turn out to be master of none.

Examples of 器用貧乏, きようびんぼう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

乏 JLPT 1

4 strokes

destitution, scarce, limited

On'Yomi: ボウ

Kun'Yomi: とぼ.しい, とも.しい

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貧 JLPT 3

11 strokes

poverty, poor

On'Yomi: ヒン, ビン

Kun'Yomi: まず.しい

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器 JLPT 2

15 strokes

utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: うつわ

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用 JLPT 4

5 strokes

utilize, business, service, use, employ

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: もち.いる

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器

16 strokes

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: うつわ

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