How to say "gifted" in Japanese

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  • no-adjectiveA loanword for 'gifted' as a noun: a gifted person, or intellectual giftedness itself, the sense used in education and psychology. It names the person or the trait.
  • 天才的てんさいてき
    na-adjectiveCovers 'gifted' as an adjective: it characterizes talent, ability, or work as prodigious and brilliant, like that of a genius — the 'prodigious, virtuoso' side of the English word.
    製品せいひん販売はんばいには天才的てんさいてき手腕しゅわんが必要ひつようなときもある。↗
    Selling products sometimes requires having a stroke of genius.

Both are less common renderings: 「ギフテッド」 names a gifted person or intellectual giftedness itself, while 天才的 means prodigious or virtuoso-like brilliance in talent or work.

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