匠しょう気き

noun

affectation; strained artistry; desire to show off skill

Refers to a forced or self-conscious display of skill, often in art or craftsmanship, where the creator's effort to impress is too obvious. Can carry a negative nuance of lacking naturalness.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんには匠しょう気きが感かんじられて、素す直なおに楽たのしめない。

  His work feels affected, so I can't simply enjoy it.

• 匠しょう気きを捨すてて、もっと自し然ぜんな表ひょう現げんを目め指ざすべきだ。

  You should abandon the desire to show off and aim for a more natural expression.