英和和英

読み方 てぎわ

名詞

1

（＝出来栄え） performance; execution

用例

• 手際が好い、手際が悪い
  He has performed well―performed ill.

• お手際はこんなもんじゃい
  Look at my performance!
• お手際あっぱれ、あっぱれなお手際
  Your performance does you credit
  You have acquitted yourself to your credit.
• この手際なら商売人と言っても恥ずかしくない
  The performance would do credit to a professional.
• 着想はどうでも手際は申し分無い
  You may find fault with the conception, but the execution is perfect.
• これまでに無い手際だ
  You have outdone yourself―eclipsed yourself.

2

（＝巧みな扱い）careful handling; tact; skill

用例

• これは手際の要る事件だ
  The matter requires tact―requires careful handling―It is delicate business―a ticklish affair.

• 僕の手際ではおぼつかない
  My tact is inadequate to the matter.
• 彼は手際よくやってのけた
  He has managed the matter with tact
  He has shown much tact in managing the matter.
• 手際を見せる
  to display one's skill―exhibit one's skill