How to say "skill" in Japanese

• 技わざJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers a concrete skill or technique — a move, trick, or feat that can be performed or shown, as in martial arts, sports, crafts, or stage performance.
  柔道じゅうどうでは力ちからより技わざのほうが大切たいせつである。↗

  In judo, technique is more important than strength.
• 術じゅつCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Names an art or technique as a discipline or method; on its own it is seldom the word you want for everyday 'skill', as it chiefly appears inside compound words.
  ボクシングは、打うたれずに打うつ術じゅつだと定義ていぎされている。↗

  Boxing has been defined as the art of hitting without being hit.
• 熟練じゅくれんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to proficiency built up through long practice and experience — the seasoned skillfulness of a trained worker or professional, rather than a single technique.
  彼かれはそのゲームに熟練じゅくれんしていた。↗

  He was an old hand at the game.
• 手際てぎわJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPoints to the deftness with which someone handles a task — how neatly and quickly the work is done, as of a cook or mechanic.
• 腕前うでまえJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounDenotes a person's level of ability at a craft, sport, or art — how good someone actually is, the skill one displays and others judge or admire.
  私はそのゴルファーの腕前うでまえに驚おどろいた。↗

  I marveled at the golfer's skill.

Choose 技 for a concrete technique or move, 術 for an art or method (mostly in compounds), 熟練 for proficiency gained through experience, 手際 for deft execution, and 腕前 for a person's level of ability.

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• 技わざtechnique
• 術じゅつart
• 熟練じゅくれんskill
• 手際てぎわskill
• 腕前うでまえability
• 巧拙こうせつskill
• 手腕しゅわんability
• 巧者こうしゃcleverness
• 練達れんたつexpert(ise)
• 技量ぎりょうability
• 敏腕びんわんability
• 手加減てかげんmeasuring by feel
• スキルskill
• こつknack
• 練度れんどskill
• 手並みてなみskill
• 手練しゅれんskill
• 才腕さいわんskill
• 手利きてききskill
• 巧技こうぎskill
• 巧知こうちskill
• お上手おじょうずskill
• 腕の冴えうでのさえdexterity
• 練熟れんじゅくproficiency
• 技術ぎじゅつtechnique
• 腕うでability
• 手元てもとway of moving one's arms
• 職しょくtrade
• タレントtalent
• 匠たくみcraft
• 巧みたくみcraft
• 手の内てのうちskill
• 妙みょうcleverness
• 切れ味きれあじquickness (of wit)
• 旨みうまみskill
• お手前おてまえskill
• さじ加減さじかげんmaking adjustments based on experience
• 拙技せつぎ(one's own) skill
• 手前てまえskill