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上手, じょうず, じょうて, じょうしゅ
NA-adjective, Antonym: 下手・へた・1
1. skillful, skilled, proficient, good (at), adept, clever
2. flattery
あなたは上手にバスケットボールができますか。
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うまい, 上手, 美味い, 旨い, 巧い, 甘い, 美い
Conjugated: 上手
Usually in kana, esp. 上手い, 巧い
1. skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate
esp. 旨い, 美味い, 甘い
2. delicious, tasty, nice
esp. 旨い
3. good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
それはあまりにもうますぎる話だ。
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上手, うわて, かみて
NA-adjective
1. upper part
Only かみて
2. upper stream, upper course of a river
3. right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV), stage left (actor's POV)
Only うわて
4. skillful (in comparisons), dexterity
Sumo term
5. over-arm grip on opponent's belt
あなたは上手にバスケットボールができますか。
Particle
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), with
5. by, from
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できる, 出来る, 出きる, 出來る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task
2. to be ready, to be completed
3. to be made, to be built
4. to be good at, to be permitted (to do)
5. to become intimate, to take up (with someone)
あの二人はどうもできているらしい。
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出切る, できる
Godan verb, Transitive
to be out of, to have no more at hand
なら, なら
Auxiliary, hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
1. if, in case, if it is the case that, if it is true that
Only なら
2. as for, on the topic of
Conjunction, See それなら, Colloquialism, Abbreviation
3. if that's the case, if so, that being the case
Only ならば
4. if possible, if circumstances allow
医者なら6桁の収入は珍しくない。
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奈良, なら
Nara (city, prefecture)
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なら, 楢, 柞, 枹
Usually in kana
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)