Illustration: Behind the counter of a small bento shop, a cook completes lunch boxes in one smooth working rhythm. One hand places the final rolled omelet slice while the other brings a lid into position.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

手て際ぎわ

tegiwa

skill, deftness

Example sentences

  1. 陰かげからその様子ようすをみていた陽泰院ようたいいんは炊事場すいじばに行いき、「なんとも手際てぎわが悪わるい」と侍女じじょたちを押おしのけた。

    Yotaiin, who was watching the scene, went to the kitchen and pushed aside the handmaids, saying, 'You’re too clumsy.'

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

  2. 手際てぎわが良よくて、あっという間まに終おわった。

    They worked so efficiently that it was over in no time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 恵子けいこが手際てぎわよく食器しょっきを重かさねて、シンクへ運はこんでゆく。

    Keiko deftly stacks the dishes and carries them to the sink.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 手際

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 際occasion; sideOnサイKunきわ

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