JLPT N1 · な-adjective

巧み (takumi)

巧み (たくみ, takumi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “skillful; adroit”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たくみ
Romaji: takumi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

skillful; adroit; dexterous; masterful; clever · な-adjective
craft; craftsmanship; skill; dexterity; design · noun
plot; scheme; artifice; trick · noun · dated

Example sentences

彼は、話術が巧みだ。

He has a good art of talking.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 巧み

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	巧みだ	たくみだ takumida
Present (polite)	巧みです	たくみです takumidesu
Negative	巧みじゃない	たくみじゃない takumijanai
Past	巧みだった	たくみだった takumidatta
Negative past	巧みじゃなかった	たくみじゃなかった takumijanakatta
Te-form	巧みで	たくみで takumide
Before a noun	巧みな	たくみな takumina
Adverb (~ni)	巧みに	たくみに takumini

Kanji in 巧み

巧

adroit, skilled, ingenuityコウ・たく.み・たく.む · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 巧み.

精巧せいこうelaborate巧妙こうみょうingenious

Source: JMdict entry 1278290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.