Illustration: In a community music room, an accomplished violinist demonstrates a difficult passage to a less experienced adult player. The skilled musician stands comfortably with balanced posture, a relaxed bow arm, and fingertips placed precisely high along the fingerboard.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

堪たん能のう

tannou

proficient, skilled

Example sentences

またロシア語ごが堪能たんのうで同時代どうじだいのロシア文学ぶんがくを翻訳ほんやく、紹介しょうかいした。
He was also excellent at Russian, and translated contemporary Russian literature into Japanese and introduced them to readers.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
彼女かのじょはフランス語ごが堪能たんのうだ。
She is proficient in French.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれはスペイン語ご、イタリア語ごともに堪能たんのうだ。
He is proficient in both Spanish and Italian.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 堪能

堪withstand; endureOnカン・タンKunたえる・たまる・こらえる
能ability; talentOnノウKunよく・あたう

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