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    3. 機知

    機知

    機き知ち

    wit

    KMT10News #44+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    機智

    きち

    Noun

    1.
    wit, resources, tact

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの機き知ちに富とんだ返へん答とうに皆みんなが笑わらった。

    Everyone laughed at his witty reply.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょはどんな状じょう況きょうでも機き知ちを発はっ揮きする。

    She displays wit in any situation.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    機きちがたんな知るちしきでは、単くなる知じょうきょうをしゅんじには識んだんするのうりょくではなく、状 況 を瞬 時 に判 断 する能 力 である。

    Wit is not just knowledge, but the ability to instantly judge a situation.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    会かい議ぎでの彼かれの機き知ちある発はつ言げんが、場ばの雰ふん囲い気きを和なごませた。

    His witty remark at the meeting softened the atmosphere.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    作さっ家かは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつに機き知ちに富とんだ会かい話わをさせることで、読どく者しゃを引ひきつける。

    Writers attract readers by having their characters engage in witty conversations.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    機
    はた…(1)
    loom・mechanism・machine・airplane・opportunity…(3)
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
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