百ひゃく芸げい

noun

jack of all trades; many skills

Refers to a person who has a wide range of skills, often with the implication of being a generalist rather than a specialist. Commonly used in the phrase 百芸に一芸に如かず (better to be a master of one than a jack of all trades).

• 彼かれは百ひゃく芸げいに通つうじているが、どれも中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱだ。

  He is a jack of all trades, but master of none.

• 百ひゃく芸げいに一いち芸げいに如しかずという言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying: better to be a master of one than a jack of all trades.