腕|うでude[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounarm
   ＡＬＳのために、彼かれの手てや腕うではペンを握にぎったりタイプを打うったりすることができないほど弱よわくなってしまっていた。↗

   ALS had made his hands and arms too weak to hold a pen or to type.
2. nounability; skill; talent; competence
   あなたにいくら給料きゅうりょうを支払しはらうかは、あなたの腕うで次第しだいですね。↗

   How much we pay you depends on your skill.
3. noun(physical) strength

• Synonym才能さいのうNeutralInnate talent, as in 「音楽の才能」; common in both speech and writing, while 「腕」 stresses skill built up through practice.
• Synonym実力じつりょくNeutralActual ability one really has, as in 「実力を発揮する」; the emphasis is on true, proven capability.
• Synonym能力のうりょくNeutralAbility to accomplish something, as in 「処理能力」; the broadest term here, common in both speech and writing.
• Synonym腕前うでまえNeutralLevel of skill or craftsmanship, as in 「料理の腕前」; the closest match to 「腕」 in its skill sense.
• Antonym足あしNeutralOpposite of 「腕」 as a body part: the leg and foot, as in 「腕と足」.

Use 「腕」 by default for the arm or for skill. For level of skill pick 「腕前」, innate talent 「才能」, real proven ability 「実力」, ability in general 「能力」; legs and feet are 「足」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （うで）ひじと手首てくびとの間あいだ。
2. （うで）意味いみ1より転てんじて、肩かたと手首てくびの間あいだの総称そうしょう。
3. （うで）わざまえ。技量ぎりょう。
4. （うで）力ちから。
5. （うで）腕木うでぎ。