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Japanese
Adjective
じょうず • (jōzu) -na (adnominal じょうずな (jōzu na na), adverbial じょうずに (jōzu ni ni))
- 上手: skillful, dexterous
Noun
じょうず • (jōzu)
- 上手: (rare) skill, dexterity; flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't); a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go
- 上図: a diagram above (as in, further up on the page or in the document)
- 上種, 上衆: someone of high rank, a noble, an aristocrat
- 調度: (rare) short for 調度袋 (jōzubukuro): a purse; a noble's arrows
- 漿子: (rare) a small metal container for holding お歯黒 (o-haguro, “tooth blackener”)
Verb
じょうず • (jōzu)
- 乗ず: archaic for 乗じる: (mathematics) to multiply; to take an opportunity, to seize an advantage
- 成ず: (archaic) to become, to become complete; to accomplish or fulfill something