不器用

• 読み: ぶきよう
• ローマ字: bukiyō
• 漢字の分解: 不 (bu) — negation; 器用 (kiyō) — dexterous, skillful
• 発音: /bɯkijoː/

意味

Clumsy; unskilled; awkward. Lacking dexterity with hands or finesse in social and emotional situations.

A na-adjective covering both physical clumsiness (手先が不器用 — clumsy with one's hands) and interpersonal awkwardness (感情表現が不器用 — clumsy at expressing feelings). In Japanese culture, being 不器用 is often viewed sympathetically — the 不器用な人 is seen as earnest but simply lacking the knack, rather than lazy or careless.

例文

1. 手先が不器用なので、細かい作業がいつまでも上達しない。
2. 不器用ながらも一生懸命に取り組む姿が周囲から評価された。
3. 彼は感情表現が不器用で、愛情を素直に伝えるのが苦手だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: personality, crafts, relationships, work

トーン: sympathetic

起源と歴史

Compound of 不 (not) and 器用 (dexterous, skillful, adroit). 器用 itself means facility with tools or situations; its negation 不器用 covers both the manual and the social dimension of lacking that facility.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal