Word Meaning 器用貧乏

きようびんぼう kiyoubimbou

器用貧乏 is read as きようびんぼう (kiyoubimbou) and means jack of all trades, master of none.

Meaning

English

jack of all trades, master of none

Reading

Kana

きようびんぼう

Romaji

kiyoubimbou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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器用

きよう

clever

貧乏

びんぼう

poverty-stricken

豊作貧乏

ほうさくびんぼう

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest

大漁貧乏

たいりょうびんぼう

impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch

引越し貧乏

ひっこしびんぼう

poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving

学者貧乏

がくしゃびんぼう

good scholars are seldom rich

不器用

ぶきよう

clumsy

貧乏人

びんぼうにん

poor person

不器用

ぶきっちょ

clumsy

小器用

こぎよう

skillful

用器

ようき

tool

不器用者

ぶきようもの

bungler

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