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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

才さい

sai

talent, ability

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれには経営けいえいの才さいがあります。

    He has managerial talent.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 漢詩かんしの才さいに優すぐれた文人ぶんじんとして知しられる。

    Known as a man of literature having excellent talent for Chinese poetry.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれは予言よげんの才さいを持もっていた。

    He had the gift of prophecy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 才

  • 才genius; years oldOnサイ

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