See also: 细工

Chinese

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fine; minutely; thin
fine; minutely; thin; slender
 
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
trad. (細工)
simp. (细工)
anagram 工細工细

Pronunciation

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Noun

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細工

  1. fine workmanship; skilled work
  2. (Cantonese) errand boy or girl

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さい)() (saiku

  1. workmanship
  2. trick, trickery, manipulation

Verb

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(さい)()する (saiku surusuru (stem (さい)() (saiku shi), past (さい)()した (saiku shita))

  1. to work on
  2. to cook up, to use tricks, to juggle with (facts, numbers), to cook the books

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN