How to say "expertise" in Japanese
- nounA loanword from 'know-how', it covers expertise as practical knowledge of how to get things done in a field or task. Typical in business and technical talk about methods and the knack acquired by doing.
- 熟練じゅくれんnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers expertise as proficiency: a high level of skill built up through long experience and repeated practice. Suits talk of veteran workers, craftsmen, or professionals whose degree of skillfulness is the point.
Use 「ノウハウ」 for expertise as practical know-how — accumulated knowledge of how to do something — and 熟練 for expertise as proficiency, the refined skill built up through long practice and experience.
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