sloppiness; carelessness; oversight
Archaic noun/adjectival noun. In modern Japanese, this word is almost never used independently; it survives only in the negative expression 如才ない (じょさいない), meaning 'shrewd', 'sharp', or 'not careless'. The standalone form is obsolete.
See also: 如才ない
The word 如才 is used only in the form 如才ない in modern Japanese.
In old texts, 如才 can sometimes mean carelessness or oversight on its own.
tactful; shrewd; socially adept
Archaic kanji spelling; the word is now almost exclusively used in the negative form 如才ない.
Variant kanji spelling; rare and archaic.
如才 is also written 如在 and is chiefly preserved in 如才ない “thoughtful; tactful.” Its earlier semantic development is uncertain.