如じょ才さいない

i-adjective

tactful; shrewd; socially adept

Describes someone who is smooth, considerate, and clever in social situations, often with a nuance of being diplomatically attentive without being obsequious. Typically used in the negative form 如才ない to mean 'not tactless' → 'tactful'. The positive form 如才ある is rarely used.

• 彼かれは如じょ才さいない対たい応おうで、難むずかしい客きゃくも上手じょうずにさばいた。

  With his tactful handling, he skillfully managed even difficult customers.

• 如じょ才さいない人ひとほど、陰かげで努ど力りょくしているものだ。

  The more socially adept a person is, the more effort they tend to put in behind the scenes.